《麦康伯短促的幸福生活》的叙事模式和聚焦方式

The Narrative Mode and Focalization in Hemingway's Short Story On "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"

精通现代叙事艺术“是海明威获诺贝尔文学奖的重要原因,其短篇小说《弗朗西斯.麦康伯短促的幸福生活》可以说是他的写作技巧的经典之作。这篇小说除了使用因果线形叙事模式外,还含有重复和对比的子模式。这篇小说所使用的聚焦方式在复杂之中透出一定的规律:外聚焦是有限全知聚焦方式中的特例。

Ernest Hemingway was bestowed the Nobel Prize for literature on account of his mastery of modern narrative art. Among his short fiction, ＂The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber＂ is a masterpiece of his narrative artistry. Besides the linear narrative mode, it is embedded a sub-mode of repetition and contrast. While concerning its complicated focalization style, this short story exemplifies a special case of omnipresence ： with the narrator＇s focalization offering the structure and characters＇focalization the details.