《晚安，媽媽》文本之飲食符號分析

A Semiotic Analysis of Food in 'Night, Mother

黎映辰(Ying-Chen Li)

《研究生學術研討會論文集》 2010 (2011/06) Pp. 94-111

https://doi.org/10.29516/YJS.201106.0094

摘要

本文以羅蘭•巴特的符號學分析瑪莎•諾曼劇作《晚安，媽媽》中利用飲食符號的呈現方式與傳達的意義：以飲食作為物質手段，內化成為劇中人物性格以及意識形態，並作為劇情設定的佈局。符號學研究者多透過「直接意指」（能指）、「含蓄意指」（所指）等修辭的手法，完成文本的內在分析。筆者透過羅蘭•巴特的符號學，分析劇本中飲食的意義運作模式為何，探討劇作家何以選擇「甜食」貫穿全劇，並利用「甜食」符號做為母親對女兒的控制及壓迫，換言之，視飲食為一種能指符碼，指涉出各種面向的所指意義。

關鍵字

羅蘭•巴特 ； 符號學 ； 瑪莎•諾曼 ； 晚安，媽媽 ； 飲食 ； 暴力

並列摘要

In this study, I take a further step to draw on Roland Barthes's Semiology methodologically to analyze the presentation and symbolic meaning of food in Marsha Norman's Night, Mother: with food as a material means to internalize the roles' character and the ideology of the play.Researchers of semiotics usually analyze drama texts through the concepts of ”metonymy” and ”metaphor,” to complete internal analysis of a text. In particular, I will analyze the mode of operation in 'Night, Mother, how the foods are symbolic, and why the dramatist places sweets throughout the play as a representation of the mother's control and oppression of her daughter, Jessie. In other words, the food in 'Night, Mother serves as a signifier, referential out to a variety of aspects referring to the signified. Through the foods in the play, I intend to present a different look at the dramatist's text by exploring the meaning behind the foods that seem trivial at first sight.

並列關鍵字

Roland Barthes ； Semiology ； 'Night ； Mother ； food ； violent