西方文学中的叙事意象探析

Analysis of the Narrative Image in Western Literature

意象作为文学作品中重要的组成部分,它既是文本中能够表现或暗示出某种只可意会不可言传的体验或感情的形象,也是融了作者一定思想感情的形象,是用具体的形象来表现人类在情感、心智等方面的经验和体会。它是主观和客观的融合,是景与情的浑然一体。在梳理中西叙事意象概念的基础上,对西方叙事意象的类型和叙事功能进行分析,认为根据叙事意象在叙事文本中的作用,可分为背景性意象和主题性意象两大类。而这两大类意象的叙事功能在文本内部表现为促进故事情节的发展、完善故事结构、丰富人物的性格、拓展小说的主题,在文本之间则表现为意象的互文叙事。

As an important component of literary works,the images can represent unspeakable experiences and emotions and be objects mixed with some of the authors＇ thoughts and feelings,and display human＇s experiences in emotions,mind,etc.It is an amalgamation of objective world and subjective world,and a harmonious unification of feelings and scenes.The paper tries to categorize and analyze the function of literary images in western literature based on teasing out narrative image concepts of China and the West.The narrative image plays such roles as advancing the development of plot,perfecting the structure of the story,deepening the theme and promoting intertextual narrative among literary works.