《少年维特的烦恼》中的U形叙事结构

The U- shaped Narrative Structure in The Sorrows of Young Werther

基督教文化是西方传统中不可分割的组成部分,对西方文学产生了巨大的影响。在《少年维特的烦恼》这部看似反叛基督教的小说中,实则隐含了诺思洛普·弗莱在研究《圣经》时所总结出的U形叙事结构。主人公维特疏离上帝,从U形顶端落入痛苦的谷底,之后在信仰的指引下回升到开始时的高度,重新得到了上帝的垂爱,归于心灵的宁静与幸福。维特的遭遇十分清晰地向我们构建了"人神疏离——经历苦难——因信向死"的U形结构,从而闪现出小说中被隐匿的神学思想。

Christian literature is an integral part of western culture,which has a significant influence on Western Literature. The Sorrows of Young Werther is considered as anti-religious novel,while it con-tains the U-shaped narrative structure from the Bible. Based on the theory of Northrop Frye,this article analyzes the Christian thought in The Sorrows of Young Werther.