体裁理论与英国当代校园小说

与有着相对稳定的体裁特征和结构的非文学语篇相比,文学语篇特别是长篇小说具有更大的不稳定性。即使在同一体裁内部,每增加一个语篇都是对该体裁规则的丰富与修改。跨越了两个发展阶段的英国当代校园小说,从实践上经历了发展过程中和作家个体间从批判到批评、从讽刺到嘲弄的演变,其内部规则在作家的个体风格范围内发生着改变。这种改变是体裁的“内部修订式”改变,它丰富着校园小说的表现手法。两代校园小说家的创作言说着该小说体裁的动态发展及其所昭示的艺术及生活表现力。

Literary texts are comparatively less stable than non-literary texts in their generic conventions. The addition of each one text to the others of the same genre will make some changes in its conventions. Within its two stages of generic development,the contemporary English campus novel finds transformation in its conventions from its early development. This kind of transformation found within the same genre brings the novel to a better expression of social life. The dynamic development of the novel highlights the artistic expressiveness on the part of the genre.