《水浒传》悬念设置方式略论

On the Setting Modes of Suspense in The Water Margin

《水浒传》的悬念设置方式主要有限知视角、省略、延宕三种。限知视角设置悬念包括读者知情而小说人物不知情、小说人物知情而读者不知情两种;省略设置悬念的表现是以"如此如此"或"这般这般"代替谋略的具体内容;延宕设置悬念可分为篇中延宕、回末延宕两种。对于《水浒传》悬念设置方式的分类见仁见智,各种方式并非泾渭分明,而是呈现出相互交融的综合态势。

The setting modes of suspense in The Water Margin included limited perspective,ellipsis and procrastination. Limited perspective was to make secrets between readers and novel characters. Ellipsis setting was to use so and that instead of detail contents. Procrastination was set in the middle and the end of each chapter. Different scholars have different classification ways yet they are not quite distinct from each other but comprehensively blending.