《盲刺客》中科幻故事的文本意义

On the Text Meanings of the Science Fictions in The Blind Assassin

加拿大著名女作家玛格丽特·阿特伍德的长篇小说《盲刺客》中的科幻故事具有丰富的文本意义。首先,其内容本身是整个故事框架中的一个有机组成部分,其开放式的结构与整部小说的开放性也形成了呼应。并且,艾丽丝的回忆录和劳拉的小说均以《盲刺客》命名,盲刺客不但是科幻故事中的主人公,还揭示了小说标题的象征意义,丰富了小说女主人公的人物象征意蕴。

The science fictions in The Blind Assassin,a bestselling novel by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood,are rich in text meanings. Firstly,the science fictions are an inseparable component of the whole novel,whose open structure is a response to that of the novel itself. Secondly,Iris＇ recalling and Laura＇s publication are both named The Blind Assassin,and therefore,the blind assassin does not only play a leading role in the science fictions,but also show us the symbolic meanings of the novel.