转喻与寓言故事格局

Metonymy and the Layout of Fable

作为叙述性文学语篇的一种独立类型,寓言故事格局中体现出转喻思维。本文基于"外延内涵传承说"的分析表明,寓言故事在宏观语义结构上具有转喻特征,这使得同一则寓言故事能够生成不同的变体。本文对寓意的推理过程阐明,转喻思维形成了寓言故事的语篇连贯及其特有的语篇建构模式。转喻思维也是寓言故事格局形成的必要因子,它的体现模式具有普遍性和变异性。

Metonymy manifests itself in the layout of fable, an in- dependent type of literary narrative text. In light of the ＂denota- tion-connotation inheritance theory＂, the present paper proposes that the macro-semantic structure of fable is of metonymical motivation, which makes possible the generation of multi-ver- sions of one fable. Tracing the process of deriving moral lessons from fable stories, this paper shows that metonymy contributes to the textual coherence and the unique structural model of a fa- ble text. Metonymical thinking is an essential element in the lay- out of fable; its mode of operation displays universality and var- iability.