三、期待视野的戏剧矛盾冲突
与小说、散文、诗歌等文学体裁相比,戏剧的矛盾冲突尤为激烈。这种矛盾冲突不仅发生在人物与人物、人物与社会之间,还来自于人物的内心世界。激烈的矛盾冲突是通过精彩的人物对话和独白表现出来的。这时候,人物语言常常是显得语无伦次,相互矛盾。这段情节通过威利自相矛盾的表述进一步揭示了这位小人物的性格特点和复杂内心活动。
原文:
Charly : Don’t know what it is. My New England man comes back and
he’s bleedin’, they murdered him up there.
Willy : It’s contacts, Charly, I got important contacts!
Charly: [sarcastically] Glad to hear it, Willy. Come in later, we’ll
shoot a little casino. I’ll take some of your Portland money.
[He laughs at Willy and exits]
Willy [Turning to Ben] business is bad. It’s murderous. But not for me,
of course.
原文2:
Ben: I'll stop by on my way back to Africa・
Willy [longingly] Can't you stay a few days? You*re just what I need,
Ben, because I—— have a fine position here, but I——Well, Dad left when I was such a baby and I never had a chance to talk to him and I Still feel——kind of temporary about myself, (p.120)
陈译:
查理 不知怎么回事。我那个英格兰好汉回来了,可他身上淌着血,那边的人要宰了他呢。
威利 走门路,查理,我有通天的门路!
查理 (讥讽)听到这话真高兴,威利。回头再来,咱们在打几局牌。我要把在波特兰挣来的钱赢几个去。(他嘲笑威利,下)
威利 (转身向本)买卖不景气,真要命。不过对我当然是另一码事。
本 我在回非洲的路上再来看你。