西方叙事理论观照下的中国六朝志怪小说

the Chinese Supernatural Tales in the Six Dynasties in the Light of the Western Narratological Theory

“丛残小语”、“尺寸短书”以及小说雏形等根深蒂固的传统认识,迄今事实上仍然束缚、限制着人们从叙事艺术的角度对中国六朝志怪小说作进一步的探讨。从西方叙事理论的视角来审视,我们发现,六朝志怪小说在客观性叙事、重复叙事、叙事时距等层面同样具有耐人寻味、值得一书的叙述意味,同样具有骄人的不可忽视的叙事艺术成就。

The deep-rooted traditional view of the Chinese supernatural tales in the Six Dynasties in regard to the ＂rambling talk of remnant stories＂ and those of the ＂short scroll of inscrutable inscription＂ and other embroyonic forms of fiction, put in the light of the Western narratological theory, is still as a matter of fact in the way of a further exploration of the work from the point of art, while the Western narratological perspective has already revealed to us the fact that the fictional genre has its unnegligible achievements worthy of pride at the levels of objective narrative, repetitive narrative and the narrative time difference.