金介甫传记艺术的时间维度透视——以英文原作The Odyssey of Shen Congwen为考察中心

On Jeffrey C.Kinkley’s Biographic Artistic Techniques from the Perspective of Time:A Case Study of The Odyssey of Shen Congwen

金介甫在学界有"国外沈从文研究第一人"的美称,其中一个重要原因就是其英文著作《沈从文传》的成功和影响力。《沈从文传》是一部既给人史实感,又具备可读性的文学大师的传记。金介甫在该部传记中,巧妙地运用了对叙事时间的调控艺术从而保障了整个作品的真实性和文学性。金介甫的叙事时间调控艺术主要体现在三个方面:首先,在交代传主的生平故事时采用自然叙事时间和时间凸显的手法;其次,为凸显沈从文的文学成就和彰显沈从文作品的艺术价值,采用了转换时距的办法;最后,为了突出沈从文地方作家文学大师的形象,采用叙事频率变更的手法,从而确保对传主生平事实的合理选取。

Due to the success and influence of his work The Odyssey of Shen Congwen Jeffrey C.Kinkley has earned himself a fame of"the first man to study Shen Congwen abroad".The Odyssey of Shen Congwen,as a biography of a literary master,is a book of both historicity and literariness,in which Jeffrey skillfully applies the artistic adjustment of narrative time to ensure its authenticity and literariness.Jeffrey achieves the artistic effects through narrative time adjustment in three aspects.Firstly,Jeffrey narrates the life story of the hero based on the natural time sequence and time highlighting method.Secondly,he adopts a method of duration shift to demonstrate Shen Congwen’s literary achievements and the artistic value of his works.Lastly,to portray Shen Congwen as a local literary master Jeffrey changes the narrative frequency accordingly to ensure a reasonable selection of the biographical facts of the hero in this biography.