言说生命的意义——评玛格丽特·劳伦斯《占卜者》中的叙述声音

Interpreting the Meaning of Life——An Exploration of the Narrative Voices in The Diviners

玛格丽特·劳伦斯的《占卜者》主要讲述了女主人公莫拉格追求独立和女性自我属性的成长历程。小说中,作者所代表的第三人称与女主人公所代表的第一人称叙述声音交替出现,这种复线式叙事模式为该小说提供了一种质疑性别差异的女性声音和女性视角。女主人公在运用第一人称叙述的过程中被赋予了女性话语权,并能够自主构建女性的成长历程,言说生命的意义。

Through the analysis of the unconventional narrative techniques adopted in The Diviners,the paper argues that with the employment of the multiple narrative voices in the novel,the protagonist Morag is not only enabled to speak for herself,but also empowered to reconstruct her development autonomously and to interpret the meaning of life from a feminist perspective.