论《边城》的意象选择及其叙事功能

On the Image Selection of Front Town and Its Narrative Feature

在沈从文的《边城》中反复出现了水、烟雾、虎耳草等文学意象,这些意象是作者在叙事话语层面进行的一种主动建构,具有推动情节、替代叙述、呈显心理、反衬创作主旨等多重叙事功能。作者凭借对意象的独特处理方略将中国传统的诗歌艺术以及现代小说手法引入小说创作,使之成为构建其"诗化"小说的具体方法,《边城》也因此而获得了传统与现代的双重魅力。

Water,smoke,saxifrage and other literary images are repeatedly mentioned in Shen Congwen＇s Front Town.These images are the author＇s active construction on the narrative discourse level and pos-sess multiple narrative features to unfold plots,substitute narrative,present the psychological activity and contrast the creative theme.With unique image processing strategy,the author introduces art of tradition-al Chinese poetry to novel creation and makes it a specific method of construction of a poeticized novel and empowers Front Town the dual charm of tradition and modernity.