戴维·洛奇《小世界》里的神话原型

The Mythological Archetype in David Lodge's Small World

《小世界》是戴维·洛奇最具代表性的校园三部曲之一,可以比较全面地展现他的文学批评和小说写作方面的造诣。这部包容性极大的小说的神话原型——圣杯传奇非常值得研究。洛奇不仅在结构设计上移置追寻圣杯的原型,更利用圣杯传奇的可塑性和叙事能力将学者们的现实世界缩影在这个传奇的"小世界"里,谱出一部真实而又虚幻的学者罗曼司,直指要害地针砭学术界的种种弊端。

Small Worm is one of David Lodge＇s representatives Campus Trilogy. This novel reveals both his literary criticism ideas and novel-writing competence very well. The mythological archetype of this novel, the Legend of the Holy Grail, is immensely inclusive and worth studying. Lodge not only uses the grail-searching legend as an archetype in structural design, but also makes good use of the flexibility of narration of the grail-searching archetype to reflect academicians＇ real life and expose the corrupts of the academic world directly with this real and superficial romantic story.