Catharsis and Unresolved Endings · 宣泄与未收束的结局
| English | 中文 | Pinyin · 拼音 |
|---|---|---|
| The resolution of the anticipation, suspense or central conflicts of a plot may be referred to as the moment of catharsis | 宣泄 | xuān xiè |
Resolution has a name
- The resolution of the anticipation, suspense or central conflicts of a plot may be referred to as the moment of catharsis 宣泄 or emotional release.
- So catharsis is not a feeling the reader happens to have — it is the moment the built tension is let go.
- It can therefore be located: it is a place in the text, and you can quote it.
At catharsis, the pressure cooker finally lets off steam; show where the heat came from.
收束有一个名字
- 情节中期待、悬念或核心冲突的收束,可以被称为宣泄(catharsis)或情感释放的时刻。
- 因此宣泄不是读者碰巧产生的一种感受——它是所积累的张力被放开的那个时刻。
- 因而它是可以定位的:它是文本中的一个位置,你可以把它引出来。
到了情感宣泄的时刻，高压锅终于放气了；分析还得指出火是从哪里烧起来的。
Catharsis is best described as... · 宣泄最恰当的描述是……
So it is locatable: a place in the text you can quote. · 因此它是可以定位的:文本中一个你可以引用的位置。
A conflict can come from what is never shown
- Sometimes things not actually shown in a narrative, such as an unseen character or a preceding action, may be in conflict with or result in conflict for a character.
- So the opponent may be someone who never appears, or something that happened before page one.
- That is not a gap in the book — the CED names it as a real source of conflict.
冲突可以来自从未被展示之物
- 有时,叙事中并未实际展示的东西,例如一个从未出场的人物或一个先前的行动,可能与某个人物冲突、或为其带来冲突。
- 因此对手可能是一个从不出场的人,或一件在第一页之前就发生了的事。
- 这不是这本书的空缺——CED 把它列为冲突的一个真实来源。
Select all · 所有 the unshown things the CED says can cause conflict. · 选出 CED 所说可以引发冲突的所有未展示之物。
The CED names exactly those two. · CED 恰好点了这两项。
Some endings do not resolve
- Although most plots end in resolution of the central conflicts, some have unresolved endings, and the lack of resolution may contribute to interpretations of the text.
- So an unresolved ending is a legitimate design, and its lack of resolution is evidence.
- Do not treat it as a question you are expected to answer on the book's behalf.
有些结局不作收束
- 尽管多数情节以核心冲突的收束告终,有些却是未收束的结局,而这种不收束可能参与构成对文本的阐释。
- 因此未收束的结局是一种正当的设计,而它的不收束本身就是证据。
- 不要把它当作一个你需要代这本书回答的问题。
An unresolved ending is a gap the essay should fill in. · 未收束的结局是文章应当去填补的空缺。
The lack of resolution contributes to interpretations — say what the absence does. · 不收束参与构成阐释——要说出这份缺席做了什么。
An unresolved ending is a design, not a question you must answer. The CED says the lack of resolution may contribute to interpretations of the text — so the analysis says what the absence does, rather than supplying the ending the book declined to write.
未收束的结局是一种设计,不是你必须回答的问题。CED 说不收束可能参与构成对文本的阐释——因此分析要说出这份缺席做了什么,而不是去补上这本书拒绝写下的结局。
Read an ending for the kind of closure it chose · 从结局判断它选择了哪种收束
Only one of three outcomes is resolution, and a text that refuses one is making a claim. · 三种结局里只有一种是解决,而拒绝解决的文本本身就在提出一个论断。
Find where a cathartic moment was structurally ____ and ask whether it arrived. · 找出宣泄时刻在结构上 ____ 出现的地方,并问它是否到来。
If it was withheld, the withholding is the effect. · 如果它被扣住了,这份扣住就是效果所在。
Catharsis and non-resolution are opposites you can compare
- If a text builds anticipation and then withholds the release, the withholding is the effect.
- So find where a cathartic moment was structurally due and ask whether it arrived.
- The answer is a claim about the whole text, and it can be defended from two pages.
宣泄与不收束是可以互相比较的两极
- 如果一个文本积累了期待却扣住了释放,这份扣住就是效果所在。
- 因此要找出宣泄时刻在结构上本该出现的地方,并问它是否到来。
- 答案是一个关于整个文本的主张,而它可以仅凭两页纸来捍卫。
Put the ending pass in order. · 把结局检查排序。
The second step is where most texts with unresolved endings are analysed. · 第二步,正是多数未收束结局的文本被分析的地方。
An ending pass
- Find where the built tension is released, and quote that moment — or show that it is not released.
- Check whether any conflict comes from something never shown.
- If the ending is unresolved, say what the lack of resolution contributes to the interpretation.
结局检查
- 找出所积累的张力被释放之处,并引出那个时刻——或者说明它并未被释放。
- 检查是否有冲突来自某样从未被展示的东西。
- 如果结局未收束,说出这种不收束为阐释贡献了什么。
The novel builds twenty chapters toward whether he will speak to his brother. The last scene puts them in the same room and ends before either says anything. The release is structurally due and withheld — and that withholding is what makes the reader carry the conflict out of the book.
这部小说用二十章积累"他会不会跟哥哥说话"这一悬念。最后一场戏把两人放进同一个房间,却在任何一方开口之前结束。释放在结构上本该到来,却被扣住了——而正是这份扣住,让读者把这场冲突带出了书本。
Catharsis is the moment the anticipation, suspense or central conflict is released — a locatable place in the text. Conflict can come from what is never shown (an unseen character, a preceding action). Some endings are unresolved, and the lack of resolution is evidence — say what the absence does.
宣泄是期待、悬念或核心冲突被释放的那个时刻——文本中一个可以定位的位置。冲突可以来自从未被展示之物(一个不出场的人物、一个先前的行动)。有些结局未收束,而这种不收束本身就是证据——要说出这份缺席做了什么。