英国荒诞派大师贝克特的小说三部曲代表了其小说最高成就,其中第二部作品《马龙之死》是不可或缺的中心环节。它的第一主题就是死亡,整部小说都在生动地叙述一个老人缓慢而痛苦的等待死亡的过程,到处充斥着死亡的意象,为读者呈现了一个恐怖的死亡迷宫。但如果我们走进迷宫探询一番,就会意外地发现:死亡迷宫只是作者精心布置的叙述策略,内隐的却是他对这个世界的新的解读:生命的荒诞,整个世界的虚无和无意义。马龙敢于直面死亡和生命荒诞的勇气构建了现代意义上新的悲剧意识。《马龙之死》这种直面死亡的叙述,是在本体论上关照人的生命意识,充斥着作家在死的关注下对生的思考。 British novelist Beckett’s novel trilogy represents the highest achievement of his novels, of which the second piece, The Death of Malone, is an indispensable central link. Its first theme is death. The whole novel vividly narrates the slow and painful waiting for death of an elderly person. There are lots of images of death everywhere, presenting the reader with a horrifying death maze. However, if we look into the maze and explore it, we can unexpectedly find out that the death maze is only an elaborate narrative tactic of the author, but implicit is his new interpretation of the world: the absurdity of life, the nihility and lack of the whole world significance. Malone dared to face the courage of death and absurdity to construct a new sense of tragedy in the modern sense. The death-facing narrative of “The Death of Malone” refers to the ontological care of the life consciousness of a person, and the reflections on the student under the dead concern.