纳撒尼尔·韦斯特小说叙事空间分析

On Narrative Space of Nathanael West's Novels

在现代叙事文学的空间转向中,空间并置成为纳撒尼尔·韦斯特小说的主要叙事方式,其主要表现为梦幻空间与现实空间、私人空间与公共空间、乡村空间与城市空间三种形态,分析小说叙事空间形态对探究和了解韦氏小说的叙事特征及所表现出的社会、文化深层蕴涵大有裨益。

In the spatial turn of modern narrative literature, spatial juxtaposition is the main narrative style of Nathaniel West's novels, which mainly consists of three forms: the fantasy space and the real space, the private space and the public space, the rural space and the urban space. The analysis of the narrative space forms of West's novels is of great benefit to the exploration and understanding of the narrative features and the profound social and cultural implications.