交织“声音”中的真相——多重叙事视角下《白蛇》的人性内涵

Truth amidst Multiple Voices——A Humanistic Interpretation of White Snake from Multi-points of View

旅美华裔作家严歌苓的小说《白蛇》是一部独具匠心的中篇小说。这部小说的艺术魅力不仅体现在它惊世骇俗的主题上,更归功于作者巧妙的的叙事手法。小说中,严歌苓采用了多重式内聚焦叙事手法,即从三个视角入手,采用三条叙事线索,形成三个内容和文风上都截然不同的文本。三个文本相互补充,相互出入,拼贴交错,引导读者一步步探寻主人公孙丽坤的真实人生和心路历程,真相大白之际不禁感叹时代之荒谬、世态之炎凉及人性之复杂。《白蛇》的叙事模式不仅推动着读者不断地思考和审视,还推进着小说内涵的呈现,增强了小说净化宣泄的力量。

The White Snake written by Chinese American writer Yan Geling is a novel of high artistic value which lies much in the author＇s ingenious narrative technique.The novel is written from three differing points of view,thus generating three versions of texts differing both in content and style.The three versions complete and contradict one another,leading the readers to follow the heroine＇s life and explore her spiritual journey.The essay gives a through analysis of the narratives and contents of the three versions of texts,thus reveals the artistic charm of multi-narrative techniques and the rich humanistic connotation under multi-points of view.