“我们干脆在银行里等他”：《化身博士》与信用经济

外国文学研究 ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (5): 90-100.

“我们干脆在银行里等他”：《化身博士》与信用经济

王卫新

发布日期:2022-05-23
作者简介:王卫新,上海对外经贸大学国际商务外语学院教授,主要从事英国文学和文学与经济跨学科研究。
基金资助:
国家社科基金后期资助项目“苏格兰小说史”（15FWW001）

“we Have nothing to do but wait for him at the bank”: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the Credit Economy

Wang Weixin

Published:2022-05-23
About author:Wang Weixin is a professor at the College of Foreign Languages, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (Shanghai 201620, China). His major research interests are British literature and interdisciplinary studies in literature and economy. Email: wilson69@163.com
Supported by:
“A History of the Scottish Novel”（15FWW001）, sponsored by National Social Science Fund of China.

摘要/Abstract

内容摘要： 史蒂文森《化身博士》中的双重并不仅仅是双重人格的图解,它是维多利亚时期信用经济的产物。《化身博士》中海德使用杰基尔签名的支票支付赔偿金是破解小说种种谜团的金钥匙。虽然杰基尔可以通过神奇的药物在杰基尔和海德之间切换,但银行支票上的签名却意外地将杰基尔和海德的同一关系暴露无遗。正是签名这个信用经济的游戏规则,让杰基尔永远都无法摆脱海德的阴影。双重性和同一性的张力无法调和,最终导致了杰基尔悲剧的发生。

关键词: 《化身博士》, 双重, 信用经济, 银行, 签名

Abstract: Stevenson’s use of the double in his Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is more a product of credit economy during the Victorian period than a mere illustration of double personalities. Hyde’s unwitting use of the cheque with Jekyll’s signature to pay the ransom is the golden key to various puzzles of the novel. Jekyll is able to transfigure between Jekyll and Hyde by drinking the magical potion, but the signature on the cheque inadvertently reveals the doubling transformation between Jekyll and Hyde. It is the signature, one of the ground rules for credit economy, that makes it impossible for Jekyll to discard Hyde’s shadow once for all. The irreconcilable tension between duality and oneness results in the tragic end of Jekyll’s life.

Key words: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, double, credit economy, banking, signature

王卫新. “我们干脆在银行里等他”：《化身博士》与信用经济[J]. 外国文学研究, 2019, 41(5): 90-100.

Wang Weixin. “we Have nothing to do but wait for him at the bank”: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the Credit Economy[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2019, 41(5): 90-100.

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