当代英国小说中的奥斯丁因子——以《浪搏恩》和《赎罪》为例

Austen’s Factor in the Contemporary English Novel: A Case Study of Long-bourn and Atonement

在涌现于20世纪60年代的重写经典文本的传统中,当代英国小说家乔·贝克和伊恩·麦克尤恩将目光转向了经典作家简·奥斯丁,在叙事风格、人物塑造和主题建构上创造性地运用奥斯丁因子,创作了《浪搏恩》和《赎罪》两部文学经典。他们在践行"互文性"理念的同时,既继承了传统文学遗产,又对当代英国小说创作提供了宝贵经验,对稳固奥斯丁的文学声誉和擢升个人的文学地位起到了促进的作用。

While respectively writing Longbourn and Atonement in the 1960 s’ tradition of critically re-writing of classical texts, the contemporary British novelists Jo Baker and Ian McEwan turned their glare to the classical writer Jane Austen and creatively used Austen’s factor in the aspects of narrative style, characterization, and the construction of theme. By following the belief of intertextuality between contemporary literature and classical literature, they inherited traditional literary heritage and offered valuable experience for the composition of contemporary English novel, mutually boosting the firm literary reputation of Austen and the promotion of their literary position.