浅谈西方古典小说中的元小说倾向

Meta-fiction in Western Classical Novels

元小说作为一种小说形式在六七十年代的西方经历了快速繁荣的过程,但是元小说的起源可以追溯到许多17世纪和18世纪经典作品中。发现和研究经典文学中的元小说痕迹,对于我们充实元小说理论,重新解读经典作品,以及更好地评价现代元小说作品,都具有重要的意义。

Meta-fiction as a kind of novel form experienced fast developing process during 1960s and 1970s,but its formation could be traced back to various classical works in 17 century and 18 century. To discover and research on the traces in classical works is quite meaningful, because it could help us to fulfill the recta-fiction theory, re-explain classical literature, and better criticize modern meta-fictional works. This article tries to analyze four works,Don Quijote,The Pilgrim＇s Progress,Tom Jones and The Adventures of Roderick Random from three aspects--the writer＇s intrusion, parody, text in text and collage of various kinds of text,as well as dialogue between writer and reader to discover the meta-fictional elements in the four classical novels.