摘要
在现代意义上的侦探小说诞生之前,侦探小说因子业已普遍存在于西方文学中。考察古希腊悲剧《俄狄浦斯王》与"莫格街凶杀案"等时间跨度极大、体裁全然不同的文本之间的相互指涉关系,我们不难窥见以"犯罪-探罪-罚罪"为主要内容的侦探小说因子的跨时代普遍意义。或有实无名,或名实皆备,侦探小说以及含有侦探小说因子的作品兼具"教化"、"怡情"的社会学、美学功能。
Before Edgar Allan Poe inaugurated a new genre in the mid 19th century with his ＂The Murders in the Rue Morgue＂ that marks the birth of modern detective story, detective-story-factors have existed in Western literature. The present author studies resemblances and interrelations between Oedipus Tyrannus and ＂The Murders in the rue Morgue,＂ pointing out that these factors are essential to the crime-detection-punishment paradigm shared by many literary works, no matter if they are labeled as a detective story or not. Such a paradigm serves as an appetizer to whet the reader＇ s curiosity to peruse his book. However, it is hoped that in the process of reading he is entertained and morally or otherwise advised.
出处
《外国文学研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2008年第6期117-122,共6页
Foreign Literature Studies
基金
兰州大学人文社会科学学科建设基金项目"中西现当代侦探文学比校研究"(编号:LZUGH07010)的阶段性成果
