语言选择、思维风格与小说中的自闭症人物塑造

Linguistic Choice,Mind Style,and the Fictional Characterization of Autism

本文以两部以自闭症患者为第一人称视角的最新获奖英文小说为语料,对主人公的交际及叙事语言选择进行了全面系统的分析,结论认为,其语言选择是思维风格的表征,其特点主要表现在以下五个方面:在交际过程中的非故意的不合作、非故意的不礼貌、叙事中语言的单一逻辑、对感官感受的过度细节性描述以及对隐喻的理解困难。类似的语言选择在两部小说中频繁出现,表征着主人公异于常人的思维风格,塑造了社交和认知异常的自闭症患者形象,也强化了人们对自闭症的认知。

Based on analysis of the communicative and narrative language o2 the ＂autistic＂ protagonists in two recent award-wining novels, this paper suggests that the distinctive linguistic choice of ＂autistic＂ protagonists is reflected in the following five aspects： unintentional non-cooperation and unintentional impoliteness in conversational in- teractions; mathematic logic in narrative language; over-inclusiveness in the description of sensory experience and difficulties in understanding metaphoric language. These linguistic features in both novels contribute to the projection of a distinctive mind style, which, to a certain degree, enables a successful characterization of the protagonist as someone with communication and socialization difficulties, and helps to strengthen people＇s general perception of autism-spectrum disorders.