弗兰克·诺里斯的小说理论及其倡导的“美国小说” 被引量：2

Frank Norris on Novel Theory and the Idea of American Novel

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摘要作为 1 9世纪末 2 0世纪初的重要作家 ,弗兰克·诺里斯从反思 1 9世纪美国小说为出发点 ,从小说的内容和形式两个方面倡导小说批评理论化 ,并由此提出了美国小说家们应该创作“伟大美国小说”的口号。本文以阐述诺里斯的小说观为主 ,说明小说批评理论化、小说创作本土化两种呼声在 2 0世纪初美国文坛的文化含义。如果说对于小说批评理论化的呼唤代表了西方 2 0世纪小说批评的普遍声音 ,那么 ,对于“伟大美国小说”的渴望则反映了小说艺术本身蕴涵的民族文化意识。 s: Frank Norris, as one important writer at the transitional period, strongly advocates that American writers should work to form ″great American novel″. To exemplify such a deep concern, he reflects upon various possibilities of such a construction. By analyzing Norris' ideas on novel theory and ″great American novel″, the paper explores how such a theoretical concern is intimately related to the historical and the political, which recalls our memory of the old debate between national literature and world literature.

作者王丽亚

机构地区北京师范大学外文学院英文系

出处《外国文学研究》 CSSCI 北大核心 2004年第2期37-42,共6页 Foreign Literature Studies

关键词美国小说小说批评小说理论小说观小说创作文坛小说艺术弗兰克应该倡导 Frank Norris novel theory ″American novel″ verisimilitude national identity

分类号 I712 [文学—其他各国文学]

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