重织“珀涅罗珀”之网——阿特伍德《珀涅罗珀记》的类文本叙事技巧分析

Re-weaving the Net of“Penelope”:An Analysis to the Paratext Narrative Skills in Atwood’s The Penelopiad

阿特伍德的《珀涅罗珀记》是对经典神话《奥德赛》的重新阐释,其中包含多种类文本因素,而这些因素对于“呈现”小说正文具有重要作用和独特功能。热奈特提出的类文本(Paratext)理论可以为这部小说的解读提供新的理论参考与分析视角。运用类文本理论,从内类文本和外类文本两方面分析《珀涅罗珀记》中涉及的类文本要素的“门槛”作用和“交易”媒介功能,展现边缘化的沉默女性获得话语权的心路历程。

Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad is the rewriting of the classic myth Odyssey.There are many types of paratext elements in The Penelopiad,and these elements have the important and unique functions for“presenting”the text.The Paratext theory proposed by Gérard Genette can provide a new theoretical reference and analytical perspective for the interpretation of this novel.Therefore,this article intends to use the paratext theory to analyze the“threshold”function and the“transaction”media function of the paratext elements involved in The Penelopiad from both the peritext and the epitex,thus showing the marginalization of silent women in gaining the right of discourse.