Journal of Literary Writing and Evaluation
JLWE, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2025, pp.83-92.
Print ISSN: 3078-8129; Online ISSN: 3104-5073
Journal homepage: https://www.lwejournal.com
DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/JLWE.25.1.10
黄家骏（Huang Jiajun）
摘要：美国剧作家爱德华·阿尔比在其作品《山羊，或谁是西尔维亚？》中以马丁陷入与山羊的非自然情感关系作为核心事件，围绕人物之间的争吵作为推动戏剧发展的主要内容，揭示多元文化主义所造成的伦理混乱的社会现实，书写了美国后现代社会中普遍存在的伦理危机。欲望书写是进入该文本的关键，聚焦戏剧非自然情感关系、人物之间的争吵，可以看到后现代主义伦理观造成了社会普遍的道德模糊，以及由此引发的伦理混乱。更深一层而言，戏剧角色以“政治正确”搁置解决矛盾的行动，反映出阿尔比对后现代主义伦理的深刻反思。
关键词：《山羊，或谁是西尔维亚？》；欲望书写；伦理混乱；伦理反思
作者简介：黄家骏，广东白云学院中文系助教，研究方向：文学伦理学批评。电邮：wxhjj2025@qq.com。
Title: On Desire Writing and Ethical Reflection in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Abstract: Edward Albee, an American playwright, in his work The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? centers the narrative on Martin’s descent into a non-natural emotional relationship with a goat, while driving the dramatic progression primarily through the quarrels between characters. Through this framework, Albee reveals the social reality of ethical confusion exacerbated by multiculturalism and articulates the prevailing ethical crisis within postmodern American society. The Desire Writing is the key to entering the text. By focusing on the unnatural emotional relationships in the play and the quarrels between characters, we can observe that postmodernist ethics have led to widespread moral ambiguity in society, as well as the resulting ethical confusion. On a deeper level, the fact that the play’s characters put aside actions to resolve conflicts in the name of "political correctness" reflects Albee’s profound reflection on postmodernist ethics.
Keywords: The Goat, or who is Sylvia? Desire Writing; Ethical Confusion; Ethical Reflection
Author Biography: Huang JiaJun, Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Guangdong Baiyun University. Research Area: Ethical Literary Criticism. E-mail: wxhjj2025@qq.com.
Received: 10 Feb 2025 / Revised: 10 Feb 2025 / Accepted: 24 Mar 2025 / Published online: 30 Apr 2025 / Print published: 30 May 2025; Print ISSN: 3078-8129 · Online ISSN: 3104-5073 / by JLWE, Vol.1, No.1,2025, pp.83-92.
