叙事小说还是诗化小说？——对《早秋》文体的探讨

A Narrative Story or a Poetic Story?——the Research on the Style of Early Autumn

《早秋》的相关文学研究多偏重于它的诗化性质,有时将其归为诗化文学。然而,小说中虽有抒情成分,但它更偏重的是叙事而非抒情。时间线索贯穿了小说的整体,符号的延衍构造出叙事的本体世界。而小说的情节整体就隐含在时间之中,需要读者通过联想去补全。尽管文中有些对空间景物的抒情描写,但其目的是为了增强叙事效果。作者在叙事中高扬理性、贬低感性,希望读者通过故事的前因后果认识生活和婚姻的本质,从而避免类似悲剧的发生。总体而言,小说重叙事而非抒情、重理性而非情感,其认知功能多于审美功能。小说应属于叙事文学而非诗化文学。

The literary research on Early autumn usually stresses its poetic property,and sometimes categorizes it as poetic literature.The story has lyrical elements in it,however,it lays more emphasis on narration rather than lyrics.The timeline runs through the story and the difference of signs constructs the ontological world of narration.Its integral plots are concealed in time and demand readers to complete them through imagination.Although there are some lyrical depictions of the sceneries in space,the purpose of these depictions is to increase the effect of narration.The author promotes reasons and depreciates perceptions in the narration,hoping that readers could find out the essence of life and marriage through the relationship of cause-and-effect in the story,therefore avoid similar tragedies.On the whole,the story emphasizes narration and reason rather than lyrics and emotions,its cognitive function is much more than its aesthetic function.The story should be categorized as narrative rather than poetic literature.