“镜头眼”与“百宝箱”——论琼瑶《梅花英雄梦》叙事技巧与创新

“Lens Eyes”and“Treasure Chest”:On the Narrative Skills and Innovation of Chiung Yao’s Dream of Plum-blossom Heroes

2020年,琼瑶出版了80万字长篇小说《梅花英雄梦》,对其旧作内容风格有继承,也有创新。1960年代琼瑶创作以小说为主,在作品陆续被改编成影视作品后,第二阶段创作以视觉文化为主,先有剧本,拍摄成影视剧后再改写成小说。第三阶段回归文学创作,但长期的编剧经验使作者具有“镜头眼”,同时还有后续进行影视改编的期待,并计划跟上IP时代风潮,这种期待内化在写作中表现为带着“镜头眼”去叙事,使读者在阅读小说的同时,得到如同观影般的快感。而数十年的写作经验宛如戏剧“百宝箱”,琼瑶于此作逐一施展,创作出兼具宫斗、爱情、侠义、悬疑等元素的长篇巨构。

In 2020,Chiung Yao published an 800,000-word novel Dream of Plum-blossom Heroes,inheriting and innovating the contents and style of her previous works.In the 1960s,Chiung Yao’s works were mainly novels.After her works being adapted into films and television dramas one after another,her works during the second stage mainly serves the visual culture,following the steps of writing scripts,shooting film and TV dramas,and adapting into novels.During the third stage,Chiung Yao has reverted back to writing,but the long-term experience as a playwright gives the author“lens eyes”,while she also expects the follow-up film and TV remake,and plans to keep up with the trend of the IP era.Such expectation is internalized in writing with a“lens-eye”narrative style,so that the readers may experience the pleasant feeling of watching a film while reading her novel.Moreover,decades of writing experience is like a“treasure chest”of drama.Chiung Yao exploited the elements of palace fighting,love story,martial arts spirit,and suspense one by one in this masterpiece novel.