“金色幽默”:试论任璧莲《典型的美国佬》的叙事策略

“Golden Humor”:Gish Jen's use of narrative strategies in Typical American

为美国华裔作家所专用的“金色幽默”凭借其独有的特色与其他形式的幽默相区别,在叙事策略上尤其反映在故事讲述方面。在“金色幽默”的文本中,人物身处边缘,言行举止荒谬可笑但又具有某种喜剧色彩和独特性;反讽(irony)、低调陈述(understatement)以及开放式结局(open ending)等被巧妙地运用在故事讲述中来增强喜剧性,取得独特的艺术效果。任璧莲的《典型的美国佬》的叙事策略是对“金色幽默”的典型运用。

In contrast to black humor,"Golden Humor" as a brand-new kind of humor is frequently and exclusively utilized by Chinese American writers as a narrative strategy."Golden Humor" not only inherits from or draws on the experience of the essence of "absurdity" of black humor but also transforms and improves itself so that it is endowed with more optimistic spirit to exhibit the brighter,shining or golden facets of the Chinese American life.Gish Jen's strategic use of "Golden Humor" in Typical American serves as...