论《弗朗西斯·麦康伯短暂的幸福生活》的叙述与描写

Narration and description in The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

在海明威的短篇小说中,《弗朗西斯·麦康伯短暂的幸福生活》的叙述艺术别具一格,具有极大的艺术魅力。就其叙述方式说,横断面写法、围绕主题选择时间切点、张弛有致的节奏、悬念丛生的结局,显示了海明威构思的精巧。就其描写方式说,神态描写、语言描写,特别是肖像描写、心理描写,显示了海明威描写的传神。这些精巧的构思与传神的描写构成了小说的结构艺术特色。

The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber is of great artistic charm with its distinctive and unique narrative style among Hemingway＇ s short stories. In the aspect of narrative mode, cross - section style of writing, selecting time points around the theme, rhythm in relaxation as well as ending in suspense fully display Heming- way＇ s ingenuity in conception. As far as the descriptive language description, especially portrait description and in Hemingway＇s description. The ingenious conception tures of this novel. mode is concerned, description of expression and bearing, psychological description show vividness and characteristics and vivid description constitute the artistic structural features of this novel.