20142301ForeignLanguageandLiteraturebimonthlyFeb.2014Vol.30No.1“”———·《》毛延生王军150001、。。《》I072.074A1674-6414201401-0030-06OntheIconicRepresentationofIdentityLossWithTheInvisibleManbyRalphEllisonasaCaseMAOYan-shengWANGJunAbstractThepaperattemptstonaildowntheiconicrepresentationofidentitylossinthenovelTheInvisibleMan.Thefol-lowingfindingsarearrivedattheidentitylossoftheherointhenovelismanifestedinmorethanoneleveloflinguisticico-nicitylexicaliconicitysyntacticiconicityandpragmaticiconicitythelinguisticinterpretationofliterarytextsnotonlycanshedlightonliterarycriticismunderthelinguisticfactsandguidancebutalsoprovesthepracticalityofempiricalanal-ysisofliterarythemeswiththehelpoflinguisticmethodologies.KeywordsiconicityidentitylossTheInvisibleMan、《》“”。167“”。。22《》“。”33“”“”“”“”。4842。“”4841。·《》。。5《》。、、《》。、·RalphEllison1914-199420。《》1952。6133-1380320141。“”7。。《》。8。。。《》·。、《》“”、、、、918“、”10。。923Sweetser。11。《》。1.“身份迷失”的词汇象似性建构。《》。1946Householder90%9%。《》。。。1。。《》。“。”12。1《》2。1TakethemanwhomIalmostkilledWhowasre-sponsibleforthatnearmurder—IIdon’tthinksoandIre-fuseit.Iwon’tbuyit.Youcan’tgiveittome.Hebumpedmeheinsultedme.Shouldn’theforhisownpersonalsafetyhaverecognizedmyhysteriamy“dangerpotential”Heletussaywaslostinadreamworld.Butdidn’thecontrolthatdreamworld—whichalasisonlytooreal—anddidn’therulemeoutofitAndifhehadyelledforapolicemanwouldn’tIhavebeentakenfortheoffendingone2Iamaninvisibleman.NoIamnotaspooklikethosewhohauntedEdgarAllanPoenoramIoneofyourHolly-wood-movieectoplasms.Iamamanofsubstanceoffleshandbonefiberandliquids—andImightevenbesaidtopossessamind.Iaminvisibleunderstandsimplybecausepeoplerefusetoseeme.LikethebodilessheadsyouseesometimesincircussideshowsitisasthoughIhavebeensurroundedbymirrorsofharddistortingglass.Whentheyapproachmetheyseeonlymysurroundingsthemselvesorfigmentsoftheirimagination—indeedeverythingandanythingexceptme.2。“NO”“NOR”。。。2。《》———。1321320141。“”。。14“”———“”。。《》。。。33MostofthetimealthoughIdonotchooseasIoncedidtodenytheviolenceofmydaysbyignoringitIamnotsoovertlyviolent.IrememberthatIaminvisibleandwalksoftlysoasnottoawakenthesleepingones.Sometimesitisbestnottoawakenthemtherearefewthingsintheworldasdangerousassleepwalkers.Ilearnedintimethoughthatitispossibletocarryonafightagainstthemwithouttheirrealizingit.ForinstanceIhavebeencarryingonafightwithMonopolatedLight&Powerforsometimenow.Iusetheirserviceandpaythemnothingatallandtheydon’tknowit.3。I“I”“I”。15《》。2.“身份迷失”的句法象似性表征19“、。”16“”。“”“”17166-167。“”“”、。18《》。1。19。20《》。。。。。。《》。44IfeltlikecursingasIwatchedherhurryingbackin-tothebuildinghearingherflat-heeledshoescrunchingthegraveledwalk.Hereshewasplayingwithsomesillysecretcodeattheveryminutemyfatefortherestofmylifewasbeingde-cided.Thegrasswasgreenandthey’dmeetandshe’dbesenthomepregnantbutevensoinlessdisgracethanIGivón“>>>>”“”salience。“——”21un-marked“——”。4。“flat-heeled”“graveled”“beingdecided”“besent”。。2162-6722。。2320141。551IamnotcomplainingnoramIprotestingeither.2Itissometimesadvantageoustobeunseenalthoughitismostoftenratherwearingonthenerves.3Thentooyou’reconstantlybeingbumpedagainstbythoseofpoorvision.4Oragainyouoftendoubtifyoureallyexist.5Youwonderwhetheryouaren’tsimplyaphantominotherpeople’sminds.6Sayafigureinanightmarewhichthesleepertrieswithallhisstrengthtodestroy.It’swhenyoufeellikethisthatoutofresentmentyoubegintobumppeopleback.7Andletmeconfessyoufeelthatwaymostofthetime.8Youachewiththeneedtoconvinceyourselfthatyoudoexistintherealworldthatyou’reapartofallthesoundandanguishandyoustrikeoutwithyourfistsyoucurseandyousweartomakethemrecog-nizeyou.9Andalasit’sseldomsuccessful.5。“Ihedgedlyas-sertthat”23220。。232、7、92Itissometimesadvantageoustobeunseenalthoughitismostoftenratherwearingonthenerves.7Andletmeconfessyoufeelthatwaymostofthetime.9Andalasit’sseldomsuccessful.2“rather”。7“letmeconfess”。“mostofthetime”。9“never”“never”“seldom”。23221。。3.“身份迷失”的语用象似性呈现。。。———Bohm、。24《》“”。。《》。。1、、。25。26210-217。、。。2728。29Mey。26206-218N<F。N>F。。《》66“Brothersandsistersmytextthismorningisthe‘BlacknessofBlackness’.”Andacongregationofvoicesanswered“Thatblacknessismostblackbrothermostblack”“Inthebeginning”3320141“Attheverystart”theycried.“therewasblackness”“Preachit”“andthesun”“ThesunLawd”“wasbloodyred”“Red”“Nowblackis”thepreachershouted.“Bloody”“Isaidblackis”“Preachitbrother”“an‘blackain’t”“RedLawdredHesaidit’sred”“Amenbrother”“Blackwillgityou”“Yesitwill”“an’blackwon’t”“Nawitwon’”“Itdo”“ItdoLawd”“an’itdon’t.”“Halleluiah”。。。。。22-12、6。。。。。。“”。。———/。2。《》。。。。。7Myholeiswarmandfulloflight.Yesfulloflight.IdoubtifthereisabrighterspotinallNewYorkthanthisholeofmineandIdonotexcludeBroadway.OrtheEmpireStateBuildingonaphotographer’sdreamnight.Butthatistakingadvantageofyou.Thosetwospotsareamongthedarkestofourwholecivilization—pardonmeourwholecultureanimpor-tantdistinctionI’veheard—whichmightsoundlikeahoaxoracontradictionbutthatbycontradictionImeanishowtheworldmovesNotlikeanarrowbutaboomerang.Bewareofthosewhospeakofthespiralofhistor