July 27, 2007
mirror

先读一篇短文,再来聊聊我与它的阅读史。
The Disciple
by Oscar WildeWhen Narcissus died the pool of his pleasure changed from a cup of sweet waters into a cup of salt tears, and the Oreads came weeping through the woodland that they might sing to the pool and give it comfort.
And when they saw that the pool had changed from a cup of sweet waters into a cup of salt tears, they loosened the green tresses of their hair and cried to the pool and said, `We do not wonder that you should mourn in this manner for Narcissus, so beautiful was he.'
`But was Narcissus beautiful?' said the pool.
`Who should know that better than you?' answered the Oreads. `Us did he ever pass by, but you he sought for, and would lie on your banks and look down at you, and in the mirror of your waters he would mirror his own beauty.'
And the pool answered, `But I loved Narcissus because, as he lay on my banks and looked down at me, in the mirror of his eyes I saw ever my own beauty mirrored.'
经历:
一、网上闲逛,偶遇此文,感觉一般,瞟完便走。
二、多日以后,网上乱逛,见一随笔。作者一女,钦慕另女,后来感悟,爱的自己。一事一文,如此对应,搜出原文,慢慢细品,内容so-so,文字美丽。
三、N日之后,我问自己,这篇文字,美在哪里?思索片刻,终于觉醒,mirror,mirror,美在这里,最后两段,尤其无敌。问题解决,开心忘记。
四、昨天晚上,又发神经,翻出原文,再次细品,mirror,mirror,你真牛B。至于原由,听我分析。
赏析:
关键词:Mirror
顺序:自然阅读顺序
1、Narcissus:“cissus”部分的读音。
2、第一段中的“changed from a cup of sweet waters into a cup of salt tears”,在第二段再次出现,一字不差。一般写作都避免此类重复,看来是故意为之。
3、tresses:“esses”部分的视觉及发音。
4、第二段结尾处的“so beautiful was he”,倒装。照映第三段开头紧跟着的“But was Narcissus beautiful?”。
5、第三段:“said the pool”;第四段:“answered the Oreads”,“Us did he ever pass by”,倒装。第五段“the pool answered”,正序。
6、第四段“lie on your banks and look down at you”照映第五段“lay on my banks and looked down at me”。your<->my,you<->me。
7、第四段“in the mirror of your waters he would mirror his own beauty”,照映第五段“in the mirror of his eyes I saw ever my own beauty mirrored”。he<->I,his<->my。语序上,没有用平整的“I saw ... in ...”。
8、mirror兼具名词性和动词性。
总结:通过不断重复、倒装以及其他方式,在听觉、视觉上作好准备。文字形式上的mirror,逐渐融合到文章内容的意象之中。在最后一段的最后一句的最后一个单词,达到高潮。所有准备,在那瞬间慢慢爆发,并持续着。爽吧?
注:至今,我依然认为此文内容本身平平无奇,但文字、文字形式与主题的结合堪称典范。
唉,有时候还真奇怪,这篇可写可不写的东西,噼里啪啦便写就,而真正想写的东西,放了几个月的,一、两年的,却依然未动。为什么会写一篇自知不会有多少人细读的文章呢?我又发神经了,啊!……
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