论艾丽丝·门罗作品中的叙述声音

A Discussion of Narrative Voices in Alice Munro's Works

2013年诺贝尔文学奖获奖者、加拿大女作家艾丽丝·门罗的作品不仅在小说叙述形式方面成就极高,并且多维度展示了对女性的高度关注。本文主要讨论门罗作品中的叙述声音,将其创作划分为早期(1968—1982)、中期(1983—1998)和晚期(1999—2012),选取各时期两篇代表性短篇进行深入分析,辨析不同时期作品中所使用的不同叙述声音,考察叙述声音的变化与其关注的女性问题之间的关联,揭示出门罗不同时期作品中叙述声音的变化与其各个时期所侧重的女性问题的不同维度息息相关。

The female Canadian writer Alice Munro,recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature,is notable for her characteristic narratives that not only excel in exquisite narrative design,but also exhibit an ongoing concern for a diverse array of female issues.This article analyzes two representative short stories from each of Munro's early(1968—1982),mid-term(1983—1998)and late(1999—2012)creative stages respectively in order to see how the use of narrative voice pertain directly to Munro's concern with different aspects of women's life in different creative periods.Through switching between the personal voice,polyphony and the authorial voice,Munro succeeds in highlighting diversified emphases throughout her writing career.