时间畸变与叙事游戏:近十年内地电影的叙事时间革新

Temporal Distortion and Narrative Strategies:the Innovation of Narrative Time in Mainland Chinese Films during the Past Ten Years

叙事时间一直是西方经典叙事学理论中的重要方面,时间策略在很大程度上决定了作品的美学特征。以近10年间新生代作者导演群体的部分作品为例,以热拉尔·热奈特和弗朗索瓦·若斯特的叙事时间理论为依据,从时序、时距和频率这三个方面入手,可探讨近十年的内地电影如何实现"时间畸变"的艺术效果。近10年的内地电影在非线性的叙事时间、时空交错的叙事时间、停滞的时间、长镜头的绵延时间、宏大的时间跨度这五个方面进行了卓有成效的实验,未来的国产电影创作在叙事时间的革新上仍有很大的发展潜力。

Theory of narrative time always plays an essential part in classical narratology in the western world,be⁃cause the strategies of narrative time might influence the aesthetic characteristics of films to a large degree.Some films shooted by the new generation of Chinese directors are chosen to be researched,and it demonstrates that the Mainland Chinese films in the recent ten years have brought about some artistic effects on temporal sequence,tempo⁃ral distance andtemporal frequency based on the narrative theory of Gérard Genette and Francois Jost.During the past ten years,these films have conducted fruitful experiments in five aspects,namely nonlinear time,spatio-temporal time,stagnant time,long-shot timeand tremendous span of time.Therefore,Chinese films will manifest enormous potential on the innovation of narrative time in the future.