《水浒传》回目中的环境氛围渲染

The Foiling Function of Some Chapters in Outlaws of the Marsh

《水浒传》的回目中出现了大量涉及情节背景环境的意象,这在明清章回体小说中是比较独特的现象;这些回目中的意象作为一种提点笼罩全文,在小说中起到烘托人物和情节气氛的作用,并参与了小说的叙事;水浒传》回目中的环境氛围渲染与《水浒传》所处白话长篇小说初始阶段以及回目发展的过程有一定的关系。

Chapters in Outlaws of the Marsh involve a lot of images concerning the background and plots, which are quite unique among serial novels in the Ming and Qing dynasties. These images in these chapters function as a kind of foreshadows and foil characters and plots very well. This kind of uniqueness fs closely related to the primary period of vernacular novels and the development of chapters.