唐代变文叙事学例论--兼论变文的小说史意义

A Narratological Case Study of Tang Pienwen

敦煌变文使中古文言小说和近现代白话小说互相连接起来,它确立了中国白话故事的基础,并让宋朝和元朝的小说文本占据了重要地位。用叙事学的方法观照这些变文,可见《目连救母变文》中有三角形的内在结构,《伍子胥变文》中存在着"郁积——化解模型",《韩朋赋》以离合作为情节发展动力,《秋胡变文》呈现了家庭小说里的矛盾状态。

Dunhuang pienwen plays a role in connecting the classical novel of medieval times with the vernacular novel of modern times, thus laying groundwork for Chinese vernacular fiction, and simultaneously, featuring Song and Yuan novels prominently. From a narratological point of view, there exists an internal triangle structure in Pienwen of Mu-lian saved Mother, and a ＂smoldering-dispelling mode＂ is discernible in Pienwen of Wu Zixu. Parting and reunion constitutes a driving force in the plotting of Fu on Han Peng, while Pienwen of Qiu Hu presents contradictory seenarios of family fiction.