颠覆与重构——解读《押沙龙、押沙龙!》的叙事艺术

Overturn and Restructure——An Interpretation of Narrative Art in Absalom,Absalom!

威廉.福克纳的小说《押沙龙,押沙龙!》中存在着四个彼此之间有巨大差异的叙述人,且叙述人与人物身份重合。每个叙述人都从各自不同的角度颠覆他人叙述、建构属于自己的主人公故事,妄图建立自己的叙述权威,从而导致了《押沙龙,押沙龙!》叙事的虚构性和不可靠性。本文拟从叙述人身份的特殊性出发,勾勒四位叙述人对故事建构—颠覆—重构的叙述过程,从而见出《押沙龙,押沙龙!》独特的叙事。

There were four narrators in William Faulkner＇s novel Absalom, Absalom ! Every narrator was very different with others and had the .same identity with a character in the novel. To set up narrative authority, every narrator overturned others＂ narrations trom different wewpomt and restructured his own story for the protagonist. Thus, it led to the result that the narration of Absalom, Absalom ! was an unreliable fabrication. From the specific identity of the four narrators, the article sketched the contours of different narrators narrative courses of＂ restructure-overturn-restructure and showed the specific narrative style.