论《校园秘史》中的巧合

On Coincidences in The Secret History

《校园秘史》围绕一场发生在汉普顿大学几位学生身上的谋杀事件展开叙述,勾勒出少年少女心理世界的嬗变,展现出人性复杂的一面。小说自始至终贯穿着令人难以置信的巧合,但与传统悬疑凶杀小说中巧合的运用不同,《校园秘史》中巧合的布设并非意在极力隐瞒凶手身份。作品中异彩纷呈的巧合实则构成三重意义:叙述层面上影响情节的发展和悬念的构成;人物层面上展现出主体精神深层的集体无意识运作;外部世界层面上透露出与因果逻辑在世界运行中的关系。通过巧合在作品中呈现的诸种意义,文本传达出作家对客观世界传统与现实的辩证思考。

The Secret History revolves around a murder incident involving several students at Hampton University,delineating the psychological transformations of these young individuals and showcasing the complexity of human nature.The novel is permeated with incredible coincidences from beginning to end.However,unlike the traditional use of coincidences in suspense and murder mysteries,the coincidences in The Secret History are not primarily intended to obscure the identity of the murderer.The novel′ s brilliant coincidences actually serve a threefold purpose:on the narrative level,they influence the development of the plot and the construction of suspense;on the character level,they reveal the deep workings of the collective unconscious of the subjects;and on the external world level,they hint at the relationship between causality and the operation of the world.Through the various meanings presented by coincidences in the work,the novel conveys the author′ s dialectical reflection on the traditions and realities of the objective world.