语言密码铸造的独特美感——《金甲虫》破解语言密码的艺术手法

坡的小说中密码的破译全靠主人公非凡的理智和逻辑推理能力,符号可能发生变化的性质在不断地暗示。金甲虫着重说明,语词与语词所指的对象之间关系的随意性。主人公所承担的任务有双重的困难;他不仅得使语言具有不可靠性且得发现文本的意义。他解码的文本在现象上最后重合预示,在一定地点瞭望,决不能换地方。坡为读者设计了一种＂故弄玄虚＂的把戏,它提供解读的一次欺骗性的机会。

The Careful Language of the Cipher and the Unique Plots of the Story --the Art of Decoding the Language of The Cipher

To decode in Poe’s story relies on the extraordinary special intellect and logical reasoning ability the hero has.The contingent nature of the sign repeatedly implies that the gold-bug emphatically illustrates the arbitrariness of the relationship between word and referent.The hero’s task is doubly difficult;he has not only to code with the unreliability but also to discover meaning in a text.His final superimposition of the decoded text upon the landscape presupposes a definite point of view,admitting no variation.Poe designs a sober mystification for readers,which provides a deceptive opportunity to understand the text.