《石头天使》的叙事策略与年龄主义批判

The Narrative Strategy of Novel The Stone Angel and the Criticism of Ageism

加大拿小说家玛格丽特·劳伦斯的长篇小说《石头天使》是形式与主题完美契合的典范,其独特新颖的叙事技巧蕴含着作者对西方年龄主义文化的批判。小说的第一人称叙事赋予了高龄女性充分的话语权,表达了作者对老龄人群“失语”现状的不满;小说中大量出现的回忆与现实并置的时空并置叙事揭示了人生各阶段的连续性和因果律,而老年人格的继续成长则是对“衰退叙事”的有力反驳;女主人公不时冒出的针对自身的陌生化表达方式是对长期存在的年龄主义文化内化的结果,体现了作者对现代歧视性年龄文化的反思和批判。

Canadian novelist Margaret Lawrence'The Stone Angel is a perfect combination of form and theme,and its unique narrative techniques embody the author's criticism of aging culture in western countries.The first person narration endows women at old age with full discourse power,and expresses the author's dissatisfaction with the current situation of aphasia among the elderly;The space-time juxtaposition narrative which juxtapose memory and reality reveals the continuity and law of causality at all stages of life,while the continued growth of the elderly personality is a powerful rebuttal to the"decline narrative";The heroine's unfamiliar expression targeted at herself is the internalization of the long-standing ageism culture,which mirrors the author's reflection and criticism of the modern discriminatory age culture.