论辛格短篇小说《巴士》的空间叙事

On Spatial Narrative of Singer's Story "The Bus"

辛格是现代作家中的叙事高手。本文以其短篇小说《巴士》为例,以空间视角切入,探讨这部作品的空间叙事特点:诸多物理空间的叙事功能、主题的空间聚集效应、人物的空间化塑造。空间感的生成,不仅来自于小说线性时间流或时间顺序的中断及读者阅读速度的减缓,更依赖于读者阅读过程中心理空间的积极构建,即从整体结构中把握细节,仔细辨别,重行拼贴。空间叙事理论为解读小说内容、形式、主题和人物提供了一种新的视角。

Singer is a master of narrative techniques.From spatial perspective,this paper explores the features of the spatial narrative of Singer's story 'The Bus': narrating functions of different physical space;spatial construction of a special group of characters with themes as the core;characters created as sculptures.The sense of space comes from the interruption of linear time sequence,the slow-down of reading speed,and readers' collage of identified information and details by taking the work as a whole.The spatial narrative provides a new perspective on understanding the content,form,theme and characters of fiction.