论《水浒传》的狂欢化叙事

Orgiastic Narration in the Water Margin

《水浒传》所写的是一群强盗的故事,把《水浒传》故事的意义合理化显然很徒劳。《水浒》的叙事和接受心理可以用巴赫金的狂欢理论进行阐释。《水浒传》中有一些粗俗、荒唐的场面,很多人物行为极为疯狂,充满暴力。作者创造了梁山泊这样一个没有等级制度、人人平等的狂欢化场所。作者还以“亲昵化”的描写,消解了强盗的可怕与威胁,拉近了读者与他们的距离。《水浒传》所体现的狂欢化叙事风格是中国叙事传统中一种历史悠久的叙述模式。

The Water Margin is a story about robbers, so it is fruitless to rationalize the novel. However its narration and acceptance psychology can be explained through Bakhtin＇s orgiastic theory. There are some vulgar, grotesque scenes in the Water Margin. Many people behave crazily and violently. The author created such an orgiastic community where there was no hierarchy and each is equal. Besides, the author used ＂intimate＂ description to disguise robber＇ s threat and shortened the distance between readers and them. The kind of narration style is traditional and has a long history in China.