罗伯特·库弗作品《电梯》分析

An Analysis of Robert Coover's The Elevator

"作为虚构制造者的人"是库弗众多作品不断探讨和深入的一个核心概念。文章以其创作早期的短篇小说《电梯》为例,从人物分析和作家虚构手法入手,例证作家如何融合不同风格不同视角的叙述,塑造出一个忙于虚构生命的意义的角色。而读者在阅读过程中,也不可避免地玩起了虚构小说的游戏。

Robert Coover＇ s major works examine the concept of man - as - fiction - maker. This paper takes Robert Coover＇ s very early fiction The Elvator as an example to explore how this concept is refelected. With its focus on character annalysis and fiction - making technique, the paper explains how Robert Coover create a synthesis between different styles and narrations from different point of narrative persectives in which his character busily construct systems to help deal with the chaotic life. Reader, meanwhile, in the reading process, can＇ t help playing the game of story - making.