Interpreting Clues: Human Life and Narrative Identity in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective

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Abstract:This article proposes a new interpretation of The Singing Detective, the renowned TV-series that is the major work of the British screenwriter Dennis Potter (1935–1994). It suggests reading Potter's screenplay as one about the understanding and shaping of identity by means of narrative. Philip Marlow, the series' protagonist, overcomes a major personal crisis by reconstructing and subsequently rewriting the story of his life. The Singing Detective thus illustrates the hermeneutical anthropology of philosophers such as Charles Taylor and Paul Ricoeur, who consider humans to be self-interpreting, story-telling beings. Interpreted this way, Potter's work is an evocation of the humanist belief in human agency and the expression of a profound existential optimism.
解读线索:丹尼斯·波特《歌唱侦探》中的人生与叙事身份
摘要:本文对英国作家丹尼斯·波特(1935-1994)的代表作《歌唱侦探》进行了新的解读。它建议将波特的剧本视为通过叙事来理解和塑造身份的剧本。该系列的主人公菲利普·马洛(Philip Marlow)通过重建并随后重写他的生活故事,克服了重大的个人危机。因此,《歌唱的侦探》阐释了查尔斯·泰勒和保罗·里科尔等哲学家的解释学人类学,他们认为人类是自我解释、讲故事的生物。这样解读,波特的作品唤起了对人类能动性的人文主义信仰,表达了深刻的存在主义乐观主义。
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