后现代叙事文本的三大特征——从塞林格的《麦田里的守望者》谈起

The Characteristics of Postmodern Narrative and Its Existence in Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye

美国作家塞林格发表于 1 95 1年的代表作《麦田里的守望者》在语言形式、叙述视角、叙述方式等方面体现了后现代叙事文本的三大特征 :他用“低俗”的语言消融了高雅文化与通俗文化的界限 ;从独特的青少年的视角来观察世界 ,打破了权力话语和传统的美学观念 ;以非人格化叙述的“无言”搁置了真理和终极意义。塞林格的创作极大地影响了二十世纪下半期西方后现代文学创作的发展 。

Postmodern narrative is of various descriptions,which makes it much more difficult to grasp.However,the main characteristics of postmodern narrative can be seen by a close examination of some postmodern works. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951,and his narration reflected features of Postmodernism,which became wide spread ten years later.This paper focuses attention upon the narrative techniques,reveals its relevance to the culture and ideology,and comes to the conclusion that this novel is a canon of postmodern literature.