乔伊斯是造字能手。他的《尤利西斯》中造字颇多,他的《芬尼根守灵》中造字更甚。何以要造字,想来是他文字的所指功能在其小说创造中乏善可陈;再细想,是他的造字说当中,有一种显然的能指系统在悄悄的发生变化;是一种从无到有,又从有到无的变化。《尤利西斯》是一部准现实主义小说,自不必多 Joyce is a creator of words. There are quite a few words in his “Ulysses” and more in his “Finnigan Spirit”. Why do we want to make a word? What is meant by his writing? The function of what he says is frivolous in the creation of his novels. If we think about it carefully, there is an obvious sign that the system is quietly changing. There is change from there to nothing. Ulysses is a quasi-realistic novel, since not much