解读《一只白苍鹭》的情节淡化——从叙事学角度

On the Weakening of Plots in A White Heron ——from the Perspective of Narratology

萨拉·奥恩·朱厄特以个性化的创作风格在19世纪下半叶的美国女性作家中独树一帜。在其小说《一只白苍鹭》中,出于独特的创作主旨,作者通过取消戏剧性情节和增加非动作因素的比重两种方式淡化了情节的传统线性发展模式,故事不以戏剧性情节取胜、情节平淡、呈一种自然状态,体现了作家独特的女性审美情趣和叙事风格。

Sarah Orne Jewett ,with her personalized style of writing ,is unique among American women writers in the second half of the 19th century .In her A White Heron ,she weakens the traditional linear development pattern of plots out of her peculiar creative theme by eliminating traditional dramatic plot and increasing the proportion of non-action fac-tors ,which accordingly helps to achieve a big success in making the whole story develop in a natural way with its plain plot rather than the traditional dramatic plot ,and reflect the w riter’s unique female aesthetic interests and narrative style .