小说神话叙事类型研究

A Research on the Mythological Narration Patterns of Novels

小说神话叙事是19世纪末以来重要的文学现象,它以“神话逻辑并置”为特点,结合现代叙事方法表达作家的现代意识,且形成了多种叙事类型。小说神话叙事类型的划分依据是作家对小说中神话元素的再创造及其处理方式。具体来说,“重述型”“隐喻型”“再造型”构成小说神话叙事类型的主要组成部分,三种创作类型遵循不同的文化逻辑,表现出不同的形态特征。在小说神话叙事的古今流变中,各叙事类型经历了一个表现力不断得到充实与延展的过程,中西小说神话叙事表现出的异同也深刻揭示出不同文化语境中的神话思维对作家叙事的影响。小说神话叙事类型研究为神话资源的现代转化提供了一种学理性依据与艺术化的渠道。

Mythological narration of novels becomes an important literary phenomenon since the end of the 19th century.It is characterized as juxtaposition of mythological logic and combines with modern narrative methods to express writers'modern consciousness,forming various narrative types.The study of mythological narrative types is based on the author's recreation and using of mythological elements in novels.Specifically,“the repetitive type”,“the metaphorical type”and“the reconstructive type”constitute the main components of mythological narrative types in novels,which follow different cultural logic and shows different morphological characteristics.In the historical and modern changes of mythological narration in novels,the three types have experienced a process of continuous enrichment and extension in terms of expressive force.The similarities and differences between Chinese and Western mythological narration of novels also reveal the influence of mythological thinking on writers'narration in different cultural contexts.The study of mythological narrative types in novels provides a rational basis and artistic channel for the modern transformation of mythological resources.