In on a secret? That's dramatic irony - Christopher Warner

你也知道秘密？这就是戏剧性讽刺 —— Christopher Warner

Translator: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

翻译人员: Minji Seo 校对人员: Dong Mao

What do horror movies and comedies have in common?

恐怖片和喜剧有什么共同点？

The two genres might seem totally different,

这两种类型的作品可能看起来完全不同

but the reason they're both so popular

但它们都受人欢迎的原因

is perhaps because what they have in common:

也许是来自于它们的共同点：

their use of dramatic irony.

它们都擅用戏剧性讽刺

First, let's clarify.

首先 让我们认清

There are three types of irony out there.

讽刺的三种类型

Situational irony is when you expect one thing,

情境性讽刺发生在你的期待

but get the opposite.

和你遇见的事情相反的时候

Verbal irony is when someone says something,

言辞性讽刺则是一个人说话的表面意义

but truly means the opposite.

和他真正要表达的东西相反

Dramatic irony, though,

现在

is what we will be looking at right now.

让我们来看看戏剧性讽刺是什么

Dramatic irony is when the audience

戏剧性讽刺发生在观众

seems to know more about an event,

知道更多东西 关于

a situation,

某种情况

or a conversation

某种对话

than the characters in the movie,

观众知道的比电影

on the show,

或者节目

or in the book do.

或书中的角色还要多

The audience is in on a secret

观众处于一个剧中角色

that the characters have missed.

并未知晓的秘密中

This is a great story-telling device

这是一个在文本中让人激动

that creates tremendous emotion within that text.

的一种厉害的说故事的方法

Think about it for a moment.

试着想像

How does it feel when, in a horror film,

在一部恐怖电影中

you know that the scary villain is hiding

你知道可怕的恶棍躲在

behind that door in the darkened room.

漆黑房间的那扇门后

The music becomes eerie,

音乐变得怪异

the lighting creates complete shadows,

灯光创造出一块黝黑阴影

this has to be bad for the hero!

这对英雄带来多么艰巨的挑战！

Of course, though, that hero must enter the room

当然啦 这英雄必须进入房间

to find the villain.

找到那恶棍

You feel tremendous tension and the suspense

你感到巨大的张力和悬念

of knowing that someone will jump out and be scary,

你知道一个可怕的家伙会跳出来

but you just don't know when.

但你就是不知道会是什么时候

That tension is dramatic irony:

这种紧张关系即为戏剧性讽刺：

you know something more than the characters in the film.

你比电影中的人物知道更多的事

Now, take the typical comedy.

现在 让我们看看典型的喜剧

There will probably be some type of "misunderstanding".

可能会有某种类型的‘误会’

Again, we know more of what is going on

同样地 我们比剧中角色

than the characters do.

知道更多的事情正在发生

Picture two characters making a plan

想象两个角色为他们室友

for a birthday surprise for their roommate

计划一个生日的惊喜

while that roommate overhears

而他们的室友听到了

the entire conversation from the hallway.

走廊上的整个对话

From there, confusion and misunderstanding occur,

从那里开始 发生了某种混淆 误解

and the tension builds.

和张力

This isn't the same tension as the horror film

这和恐怖电影中的张力不同

since it is probably pretty funny

因为这可能挺滑稽的

as the character tries to figure out the whos and the whats,

因为剧中人物试着找出谁发生了什么事

but it serves as a great example

但它可以作为一个好例子

of the tension and suspense of dramatic irony.

用来解释张力和悬念的戏剧讽刺

This tension or suspense in both genres

存在于两种类型文本的张力或悬念

drives the story and keeps the plot progressing.

驱使故事的发展 保持情节推移

The audience wants, no, needs,

观众们想要 不 观众们需要

to see the tension of the dramatic irony broken

看到的戏剧讽刺的张力被戳破

either by the scary person jumping out of the shadows

要么被从阴影中跳出来的的可怕的人

or by someone finally revealing someone's true identity

或由某人最后揭示某人的真实身份

and clearing up the confusion.

和澄清误解

So, when you feel like you are in on a secret,

所以 当你觉得你知道主角所不知道的事

that is dramatic irony,

这就是戏剧性讽刺

a hallmark of all the great writers,

一个所有伟大作家的共同特点

from Shakespeare to Hitchcock.

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