不确定的艺术——读唐纳德·巴塞尔姆的《白雪公主》

The Art of Indeterminacy——On Donald Barthemle's Snow White

唐纳德·巴塞尔姆以其对小说创作技法的大胆创新,和对传统小说风格的颠覆成为美国后现代主义文学先锋派的代表人物,被誉为"后现代作家的新一代之父"。其代表作《白雪公主》因其强烈的后现代主义特征而被奉为后现代文学的经典之作。本文将从该小说的人物,情节和语言三个方面来分析其中所采用的不确定的叙事策略和表现主题。

Donald Barthelme is regarded as one of representatives in postmodernist literature for his innovative creation in form and style of his fictions.His masterpiece of Snow White which brings him great fame and influence in American literature is taken as the classic of Postmodernist literature.This paper is to explore the indeterminate narrative strategies and theme from the aspects of characters,plots and language.