越界的困惑--内拉·拉森《越界》中的反讽意蕴阐释

Perplexities of Passing: Analysis of the Ironical Factors in Nella Larsen's Passing

美国新黑人运动三大女作家之一内拉·拉森的小说《越界》以不同层次的反讽贯穿于小说的始终,构建出了情节叙述上的情景反讽、人物塑造上的命运反讽以及主题凸显上的制度反讽。作者把自己对于荒谬现实的体悟以一种情理悖谬的形式展示开来,通过对逻辑的颠覆与修正让隐而不露的价值判断在表象与真相的是非对比中徐徐彰明,从而使反讽的整体效果在文本空间里自然天成,释放出强大的情感力量和批评功效,使小说生机勃发,意义繁丰。

Ironical factors penetrate into various textual layers in Passing by Nella Larsen, one of the three great woman writers in the Harlem Renaissance. Resorting to the contradictory styles and logic, Larsen exposes her spiritual senses of the ridicu- lous reality and her value judgments in the comparison and contrast between surface and truth and between dream and reality. With the help of this, the sound effects of irony are created and powerful emotion and critical efficacies are naturally released, therefore, making the text living, rich and deep.