缺失的“声音”——重构《野草在歌唱》中摩西的叙事空间

An Absent Voice:A Reconstruction of Moses' Narrative Space in THE GRASS IS SINGING

由于多丽丝.莱辛在《野草在歌唱》中采用了缺省叙事法,小说中的重要角色摩西,亦即谋杀主人公玛丽的凶手,从出现到退场始终是个"沉默的声音"。这片叙事空白既给读者留下了很大的想象空间,也部分地导致了评论界历来对摩西单一化的解读。他的谋杀被简单地定性为种族隔膜的"恶之花",玛丽也只是殖民制度的牺牲品。文章拟重构摩西的叙事空间,还原缺失的"声音",探析人物的内心世界,更进一步探寻玛丽的悲剧带给现代人的启示意义。

Due to Doris Lessing＇s employment of the omissive narrative method in THE GRASS IS SINGING,Moses,the murderer,has always been a silent voice ever since his appearance till his exit.This narrative blank partly leads to the critic＇s stereotyped reading of Moses whose murder has been simply defined as an evil product of racial alienation under the colonial system.The essay intends to reconstruct Moses＇ narrative space by analyzing his multiple relationships with Mary and probing into his inner world,further to explore the revelatory significance of Mary＇s tragedy to us modern beings.