一座时间的迷宫——论莫迪亚诺小说中的叙事时间

A LABYRINTH OF TIME——On narrative-time in Modiano's works

在小说创作中,故事时间和叙事时间是创作者无法回避的一对矛盾。故事时间是多维的,而叙事时间却是线性的。如何自如地驾驭"时间",使线性的叙事时间能够表现立体的生活,以增强作品的表现力,是作家们追求的重要目标。法国当代作家帕特里克·莫迪亚诺就出色地处理了这一问题。这位善于书写记忆的作家,通过综合运用倒叙、预叙、交错、多视角叙事等方法,使其作品产生时空并置的效果,为读者搭建了一座时间的迷宫。

When it comes to novel creation,the contradictions between narrative-time and story-time are inevitable.The story-time is multi-dimensional while the narrative-time is one-dimensional.How to control ＂ time＂ freely so that linear narrative-time can give expression to multi-dimensional life and enhance the expressiveness of the works,which is an important goal pursued by writers.Patrick Modiano,a contemporary French writer,has dealt with this problem well.The writer who is good at writing about memory builds a labyrinth of time for readers and creates the effect of space-time juxtaposition using such methods as flashback,flash-forward,time interlocking,multi-perspective narrating.