中国古代短篇小说:人物、时间、空间修辞设计的异质性——以情爱叙事为分析案例

Heterogeneity in Rhetorical Design of Characters,Narrative Time and Space inAncient Chinese Short Stories: A Case Analysis of Love Narratives

中国唐代以后的短篇小说呈现出与传统叙述相异的面貌。具体表现为:以年轻女性从边缘到中心地位转换为特征的人物修辞设置、以偶然巧遇的特殊机缘为特征的时间修辞设置、以闺房对外秘密通道为特征的空间修辞设置,使叙事因子及叙事流程突破以往叙述模式、认知模式和一般预设,获得"异质性",激起大众的接受兴趣。

Chinese Short Stories after the Tang Dynasty differ greatly in style from traditional narratives in terms of the following aspects： rhetorical design of characters with young woman moving from the marginal position to the center stage;of narrative time characterized with coincidences;and of narrative space characterized with secret ways leading from the maidens＇ chambers to the outside world.Thus,breaking away from the traditional narrative modes,cognitive modes and reader expectation,ancient Chinese short stories have acquired a heterogeneity in narrative factors and sequences that whips up the interest of the reading public.