曹文轩小说《火印》中的动物叙事

The Animal Narrative in Brand of Iron by CAO Wenxuan

《火印》是一部重视动物意象的呈现和动物叙事表达的战争题材小说。现实与神秘的动物意象共生并存,双重叙事和双重视角和谐互补,对向善向美人性和民族自由的不懈追求,形成了小说以动物为中心的独特叙事风格和表现战争的独特角度。此外,作者在小说中还表现出了对以往文学理想的继承和开拓,对于动物小说和战争题材小说的创作都有着很好的借鉴意义。

Brand of Iron is a fiction about war and it highlights the animal image and narrative. In the novel,there are many features that form the unique narrative style and perspective of war,which center on animal images,for example,the coexistence of real imageries and mysterious imageries,the harmonious complement between dual narratives and viewpoints as well as the unremitting pursuit for the beauty of human nature and national freedom. In addition,the author also shows the inheritance and development on previous ideal of literature,and this can provide good references for the fiction about animal and war.