·156·当代外国文学No.4,2022博士生论坛“沉默”的意义增殖及其内在逻辑任贺贺内容提要：在西方文论的语境中，沉默具有静默寡言、故抑其词和哑言等形式，它们均指向了声音、语言表现中的滞涩、艰难或缺失。自20世纪中叶起，沉默经历了文论意义上的增殖：沉默先是被归入一种否定性诗学；经由音乐，沉默又被赋予凸显他者的多元主义品格；通过零度写作的想象，沉默成为预示“作者之死”的标志；而沉默中的“不透明性”最终促使其形成一种永恒美学。沉默的意义增殖为理解当代文论中的“语言萎缩”、声音转向和主体消隐提供了独特的思路，也为考察文学如何介入大屠杀等社会问题展示了新途径。关键词：沉默沉默的美学语言生命力“作者之死”作者简介：任贺贺，中国人民大学外国语学院博士生，研究方向为西方文论及美国文学。本文为中国人民大学科学研究基金（中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助）项目（21XNH162）成果。Title:TheSemanticMultiplicationof“Silence”andItsInternalLogicABSTRACT:Inthecontextofwesternliterarytheory,silencehassuchformsasret-icence,apophasisandmuteness,whichallpointtostagnation,difficultyorlackofvoiceandlanguage.Sincethemid-20thcentury,silencehasexperiencedsemanticmultiplicationinliterarytheory.Itisclassifiedasanegativepoetics;throughmusic,silenceisendowedwiththepluralisticcharacterofhighlightingtheother;viatheimaginationofwritingde-greezero,silencebecomesasignof“thedeathoftheauthor”;andthe“Opaqueness”insilencefinallypromotesittoformanaestheticsofeternity.Thesemanticmultiplicationofsilenceprovidesauniquewaytounderstandthe“declineoflanguage”,theturntowardsoundandthedisappearanceofthesubjectincontemporaryliterarytheory,andrevealsaDOI:10.16077/j.cnki.issn1001-1757.2022.04.020·157·“沉默”的意义增殖及其内在逻辑newwaytoinvestigatehowliteratureintervenesintheholocaustandsocialproblems.Keywords:silence,aestheticsofsilence,languagevitality,“TheDeathoftheAu-thor”Author:RenHehe<1032599244@qq.com>isaPh.D.candidateattheSchoolofForeignLanguages,RenminUniversityofChina,Beijing,China（100872）,specializinginwesternliterarytheoryandAmericanliterature.卡夫卡在短篇小说《塞壬们的沉默》（“DasSchweigenderSirenen”）中认...
