从莱辛的《金色笔记》看她的小说创作理念

Doris Lessing's Notion of Novel-Writing in The Golden Notebook

莱辛的《金色笔记》是一部百科全书式的作品。从小说创作理论的角度看,它完全可以当作一部思考如何写小说的小说来读。莱辛在这部作品中首先借主人公安娜对现实主义和现代主义小说形式的模拟和评论彻底否定了过去的现实主义和现代主义小说创作模式,接着借安娜对理想小说形式的理论阐发和写作实验创立了一种新型的小说创作模式。

The Golden Notebook by Lessing is an encyclopedic work, which can be regarded as a novel on how to write a novel. Lessing makes a thorough repudiation of the traditional patterns of realist and modernist fiction through the protagonist Anna＇s imitation of realist and modernist fictional styles. Lessing also invents a new fiction-writing pattern by means of Anna＇s theoretical elucidation and experimental creation of a new fictional style. In short, Lessing undermines traditional notions of novelwriting and explores a new notion of novel-writing.