从现代到后现代:《小世界》的两种声音

From Modernism to Post-modernism: A Discussion of Small World

《小世界》是英国著名作家戴维·洛奇的一部重要小说 ,被许多学者认为是西方的《围城》。对于大部分文学批评家来说 ,因其涉及到了形形色色的文艺理论 ,新马克思主义、女权主义、泛性论、解构等 ,因而将之誉为是一部“后现代”的力作。然而 ,笔者认为 ,它既是一部“后现代主义”的作品 ,也是一部有着很强的“现代主义”色彩的作品 ,其现代性主要体现在结构布局和人物塑造等方面上。事实上 ,现代主义和后现代主义因素交织在一起 。

Small World is an important novel written by David Lodge, an English famous writer. It is regarded by many scholars as a Western Enclosed City . Since it involves various kinds of literary theories, such as new Marxism, feminism, pan-sexism, deconstrucitonism, it is taken as a key work of post-modernism. However, the author of this paper thinks that it is both a post-modernist work and a modernist work. The modernity is best crystalised in its construction of the plot and characterization. In fact, modernism and post-modernism are mingled together, thus forming its unique features of art.