《午夜之子》中受叙者帕德玛的叙事功能

On the Narrative Function of Padma in Midnight's Children

《午夜之子》是印裔英语作家鲁西迪的代表作。帕德玛作为小说中的人物兼受叙者,在文本中起着重要作用。她不仅帮助叙述者萨利姆调整叙述顺序、控制叙述节奏、传达读者反映,还对萨利姆的叙事起到监督与提醒作用,甚至质疑叙述者的叙事权威,使叙事带上主观色彩。

Midnight＇s Children is the representative work of Indian English writer Ruxidi. As a character in the novel and the narrated, Padma plays an important role. She not only helps the narrator Salim adjust the narrative order, control the narrative rhythm, convey the readers＇ reflection, remind and supervise Salim＇s narration, and even question the narrator＇s narrative authority, making the narration bearing subjective color.