叙事的先锋性与“从雌性出发”的叙事母题——对严歌苓《雌性的草地》的深度解读

Pioneering of Narration and Narrative Motif of “From the Female” An In-depth Interpretation of Yan Geling's The Female Meadow

严歌苓出国前的第三部长篇小说《雌性的草地》,是她一直最喜爱的小说,却一直缺乏深度而有效的研究。《雌性的草地》在叙事结构和叙事手法上的探索和尝试,对严歌苓迄今为止的创作都有独特的意义,而且在某些方面是后来也不曾达到和超越过的。《雌性的草地》借用和化用了电影叙事的手法,空间感突出,又把时间的矢量加于有图像感、如电影特写镜头的一个个叙事片段之上,并通过编排这些像特写镜头一样的叙事片段和组合事件,产生一个具繁富迷人艺术效果的小说文本。小说所呈现的对话语的议论、人物的开放性,与小说虚构性互相辉映。借助结构主义叙事学核心与从属的概念,可以更好地解读和阐释这部小说。小说还开启了"从雌性出发"的叙事母题,对严歌苓后来的创作发生了深远的影响。

Yan Geling＇s third novel The Female Meadow before going abroad is a novel that she still claims to be her favorite one in recent years,but there has been a lack of in-depth and effective research.Creative consciousness of style embodied in the novel makes her creation interrelates, expands and produces effects in two dimensions： one is the avant-garde literature at the same period of time,and the other is her later writing that is preserved in narrative of exploration and innovation consciousness. The exploration of and attempt on narrative structure and narrative techniques of The Female Meadow not only reach the peak state of Yan Geling＇s early novel artistic achievement,but also have a unique influence on Yan Geling＇s creation until now. And in one sense,it has not been caught up with and transcended later.With the help of claws and techniques of film narration,the sense of space in The Female Meadow is prominent,and a vector of time is added to the narrative segments with a sense of image,such as a feature shot of the film. A rich and fascinating artistic effect of novel text was reproduced through arrangement of these close-up like narrative clips and combination of events. The discourse of the novel and the openness of the characters reflected each other with the fictional nature of the novel. With reference to the concept of the core and subordination of structuralism narratology,this novel could be better interpreted. The novel also initiated the narrative motif of ＂from the female＂,which has a profound influence on Yan Geling＇s later creation.