碎片,漩涡与重复——浅论《第二十二条军规》的叙事特点

Fragmentation, Spiral and Repetition——Brief Comments on Narrative Features of Catch-22

约瑟夫.海勒是美国当代最伟大的小说家之一,是"黑色幽默"的代表作家。他的代表作《第二十二条军规》通过战争间接地给读者展现了战后一个疯狂,荒谬,无秩序,非理性的美国社会全景。通过"第二十二条军规"这个中心象征,暴露了美国社会官僚与资本势力勾结的腐败本质和给普通民众带来的巨大痛苦。海勒采用"反传统"的叙事方法充分展现出"黑色幽默"小说的魅力。本文试从三个方面:碎片式的叙事结构,反传统的叙事时间和重复叙事法展现《第二十二条军规》的叙事特点,从而使我们更好地欣赏这部经典之作,体会其价值所在。

Joseph Heller, an representative of ＂Black Humor＂, is one of the greatest writer in contemporary America. In his masterpiece Catch-22, Heller provides us a panorama of American society after the war： the mad, absurd and disorder waste land. By using the center symbol ＂the catch-22＂, he discloses a corruptive American reality, the great pains the ordinary people suffered, the dehumanization of all contemporary institutions and the distorted human nature as well. With the ＂anti-traditional＂ narrative skills in Catch-22, Heller fully displays the appeal of ＂Black Humor＂. This essay makes a brief comment on the three main narrative features of this work fragmentation, anti-traditional narrative time and repetition to display its artistic attraction and values.