浅析阿加莎·克里斯蒂小说《无人生还》中的空间生产

Analysis of Space Production in Agatha Christie’s Novel "And Then There Were None"

阿加莎·克里斯蒂在小说《无人生还》中,完全颠覆了传统犯罪小说以时间为线索来推进情节的安排,空间的生产成为小说的架构。作为空间实践的士兵岛被法官塑造成为天堂,但最终变成"地狱",成为吸引犯罪前来伏法的圈套。用"时空压缩"的手法,拉近了心理空间;通过空间嵌套,展示了罪犯的心理世界。在表征空间中,作者通过颠覆的罪——警权力关系,给罪犯施加了无法忍受的压力,给读者带来阅读的快感,更让读者深思对司法体系改变的紧迫性,空间生产主导了小说的情节和悬念。

In the novel "And Then There were None", the production of space instead of the traditional time sequence becomes the framework of the plot. The soldier island as the spatial practice is shaped as a paradise which turns out to be the hell. With "compression of time and space" the antagonists are drawn nearer the "heaven". With sets of space, the spiritual space of the criminals is successfully revealed. And in the representative space, the author gives a picture of overturned power relationship between the bad and the judge, to lead to the contemplation over the judicial system of the capitalist society.