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1、TheAnalysisof“SpiritualParalysis”inTheDeadfromthePerspectiveofNarrative　　【Abstract】TheDeadwrittenbyJamesJoyceisarrestingwithcarefulreading.Thepaperwillanalyzeitsprofoundmeaningsfromtheperspectiveofnarrative，includinghowthestoryisconveyed，howtheconstituentandsupplement

2、aryeventswork，howtheperspectivealtersandwhat’sthegap.　　【Keywords】narrative；spiritualparalysis；TheDead　　TheDeadwasselectedfromJamesJoyce’sDubliners（1914）.ItsprotagonistGabrielConroy，thoughlivinginDublin，tendstobedeprecatingaboutwhatheregardsastheprovincialismofIrishcul

3、ture.Whilemakinghiswaytothehotel，GabrielmakeseffortstowoohiswifeGrettabutdiscoversthatsheisthinkingofsomeoneelsecalledMichaelFurey.Narrativeissomuchapartofthewayweapprehendtheworld；FilmmakerBrianDePalmaputthisideaevenmorestrongly：“peopledon’tseetheworldbeforetheireyes

4、untilit’sputinanarrativemode.”（Abbott：2002：6）Thepaperaimsatanalyzinghowthestoryisconveyed，howtheconstituentandsupplementaryeventswork，howtheperspectivealtersandwhat’sthegap.　　AccordingtoBarthes，Anucleus（“constituentevent”，“kernels”）cannotbedeletedwithoutalteringthesto

5、ry，butneithercanacatalyzer（“supplementaryevent”，“satellites”）.（Abbot：2002：20）TheconstituenteventsrevolvearoundtheprotagonistGabrielConroywhomeetssetbackswiththreeladies，includingLily，MissIvorsandGretta.ThesmalltalkbetweenGabrielandLilysetsthetoneforGabriel’sunevennigh

6、t.Gabriel’sfriendlycareconfrontswithLily’sgreatbitterness.Afterthesmallconflictisanotherconflict.Whiledancing，MissIvorsfiercelycriticizesGabrielas“WestBriton”.MissIvorsrepresentsparochialnationalistbutGabrielistheopposite，pronetoacceptnewconceptandbreaktheIrishtraditi

7、on.Gretta’snostalgicrecalltowardsMichaelFureyafterhearingthesongTheLassofAughrimmmakesGabrielincreasinglyjealousandhumiliated.“...snowwasgeneralalloverIreland…Itwasfalling，too，uponeverypartofthelonelychurchyardonthehillwhereMichaelFureylayburied...”Snowseemstocoverthe

8、truthoflife，andsinceitcoversboththelivingcreatureandthedead，itmixestheboundarybetweenlifeanddeath.Whataprofoundsymbolicmeani