叙事策略:英语学习者叙事技巧的历时个案研究

Narrative Strategies: a Case Study of the Diachronic Narrative Skills by English Learner

通过对叙事者不同时期对同一事件的两次叙述,从故事结构,描叙结构和评议结构三个方面比较分析两次故事的叙事策略。叙事者第一次讲述故事时,外语能力为中级低等;而第二次叙述故事时,外语水平为高级中等。语篇分析发现第二个故事在叙事长度,详细程度,语言使用和评议手段各方面超过了第一个故事。第二个故事是第一个故事的更高版本,运用句法和词汇手段变化行动的步调,从而吸引听者进入故事。最后阐述叙事研究对教学的启发。叙事教学法营造出一个真实的情境或可能世界,使学生在身心方面最大程度地投入学习情境,促进二语学习。

This research compared and analyzed the narrative strategies of the two stories from the narrative struc- ture, descriptive structure and evaluative structure told by the same narrator about the same event in different sta- ges. The first story was told when she was at the intermediate high level and the second, when she was at the ad- vanced level. Discourse analysis revealed that the second story surpasses the first in length, amount of narrative de- tail, systematic use of language, and various evaluative devices. The second story is the advanced version of the first story, using syntactic and lexical means to vary the pace of action, in order to draw the listeners into the sto- ry. The paper i^nally points out the implication of teaching. Narrative approach creates a real situation or possible world, so that students are put into the learning situation in physical and mental aspects to promote two language learning.