非自然叙事:一种不确定性的存在

Unnatural Narrative:An Uncertain Existence

阿尔贝是西方非自然叙事研究的重要理论家之一。从一个概念范畴所应有的规范性出发,以非自然叙事中的“非自然”为基点,非自然叙事这一概念存在一些缺陷,叙事学家们在对其概念的构建中,不宜把一些不同层面、不同所指的概念和术语拼贴、混杂到一起。一个概念或理论可以有自身的个性特征与价值设定,但前提是这个理论构建必须要有一套明确的内涵与外延的限定,而不应该采用随便通约于另一术语的论说方式,并使其成为一种不确定性存在。不同研究者对非自然叙事的看法也有分歧,甚至对立,这也从另一侧面说明该理论缺乏一种应有的共识。

Jan Alber is one of the important western“unnatural narrative”theorists.Taking the“unnatural”concept in unnatural narrative as the starting point,an analysis of the normative nature of a concept category reveals some defects in the concept of unnatural narrative.In the construction of a new concept,narratologists should not just put together some concepts and terms on different levels and in different meanings.A concept or theory can have its own characteristics and value setting,but the premise is that the theoretical construction must have a clear set of connotation and extension,and should not employ a method of generalizing to another term casually,and make it an“uncertain”existence.Scholars concerned also have different views on the concept of unnatural narrative,with some of them even opposing it,which also indicates from the other side that the concept lacks a proper consensus.