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美国当代戏剧家爱德华·阿尔比的早期作品《动物园的故事》是一部描述因身份危机而导致人际隔离的伦理悲剧。剧本围绕着杰瑞渴望心灵表达、寻求伦理存在而展开,讲述了现代社会由于人与人之间的冷漠与隔阂并由此造成了彼此交流的障碍和人际关系的危机。本文采用文学伦理学批评研究方法,紧扣主人公杰瑞所遭遇的家庭伦理变故,探究杰瑞伦理身份改变的原因及其伦理选择的过程,试图揭示作品所展示的特定伦理环境下的伦理悖论:人与人之间的关系就像动物园里的动物一样,人为设置了“精神栅栏”而彼此隔离,如要拆除这种栅栏可能会付出生命的代价。
The early work by American contemporary dramatist Edward Albi, “The Story of a Zoo,” is a moral tragedy that characterizes interpersonal segregation as a result of an identity crisis. Based on Jerry’s desire for spiritual expression and seeking for ethical existence, the play tells the story of modern society, due to the indifference and estrangement between people and the resulting obstacles and interpersonal crisis. In this paper, we use the method of literary ethics to critique the research, closely follow the changes of family ethic encountered by the hero Jerry, and explore the reasons for the change of Jerry’s ethical identity and the ethical choice process, trying to reveal the ethical paradox : The relationship between people, like animals in zoos, is artificially set “Spirit Fence” apart from each other, and the demolition of such a fence may cost lives.