【摘要】 本文探讨沉默在叙述文本中的再现,特别是以宗教文本为例。本文提出四点来阐释沉默和言辞表达之间的关系。(一)沉默是文本之要素及策略;(二)沉默沟通的行为;(三)沉默的力量犹如语言;(四)沉默再现的方式,即是沉默意涵的一部分。借由分析二则禅宗公案,本文将试论文本如何叙述及展现沉默,及沉默的意义为何。更多还原

【Abstract】 <Abstrcat>This paper explores how silence is represented in text, particularly in religious text. To illustrate the relation of silence to verbal expression, a rhetoric of silence is proposed. It consists of four points:(1)silence is a textual element and strategy;(2)silence is a communicative act;(3)silence is as powerful as language;(4)ways of representing silence are ways of signifying silence. Then, by analyzing two koan texts from Ch’an/Zen writing, this paper investigates how silence is narrated and represented in the texts and what silence might signify. Such investigation also shows how silence, words, and narrative are interwoven in the shaping of textuality.更多还原