寻找罗马:论怀尔德早期小说《卡巴拉》中的寓言叙事

In Search of Rome:On the Allegorical Narrative in Wilde’s Early Fiction The Cabala

桑顿·怀尔德的早期小说《卡巴拉》常被批评为艺术上不成熟的作品。然而，本文主张在寓言叙事的文类框架内对其进行重新审视，从而更为适当地理解怀尔德的文学追求。通过对小说标题、情节设置和人物原型上的分析，本文认为《卡巴拉》并非为一部时代小说，而是将罗马作为寓言化的对象，以揭示古典主义传统与现代的关系。小说在寓言层面上的含混策略，表现了怀尔德对寓言传统本身的批判和反思。

The Cabala, one of Thornton Wilder＇s early fictions, has always been downplayed for its allegedly immaturity. However,this paper calls for a reassessment of its artistic merits in terms of allegorical narrative, and thereby understand Wilder＇s literary ideal in a more appropriate way. With a detailed analysis of the fiction＇s title,plot and archetypes ,it is concluded that The Cabala is not so much a ＂period novel＂ as an allegory that centers on Rom-as-a-trope and reveals the troubling relationship between classicism and the modern time. In this fiction, ambiguity is proved to be an essential strategy undertaken by Wilder to realize a self-reflexive critique of the tradition of allegory itself.