论《金瓶梅》街巷空间的呈现与叙事功能

On the Presentation and Narrative Function of Street and Lane Space in The Plum in the Golden Vase

《金瓶梅》中许多重要事件发生于清河县的大街小巷,使其成为不可或缺的叙事空间之一,不仅为人物提供赖以生存和活动的场所,而且得以传达角色身份信息、敷演故事桥段,甚至关乎到作品主旨。据统计,全书带有具体名称的街巷,计有“九街十三巷”,成为以西门庆为首的人物生活、行动和矛盾展开的重要区域。试以《金瓶梅》“九街十三巷”为考察对象,在列表统计的基础上,利用空间叙事学相关理论,对街巷空间的呈现方式及其叙事功能进行分析,从而窥见作者的创作艺术,为深入研究《金瓶梅》的空间叙事价值提供一定参考。

Many important events in The Plum in the Golden Vase take place in the streets and alleys of Qinghe County,making it one of the indispensable narrative spaces.It not only provides a place for the characters to survive and engage in activities,but also conveys the identity information of the characters,portrays the story⁃line,and even relates to the main theme of the work.According to statistics,the streets and alleys with specif⁃ic names in the entire book are called Nine Streets and Thirteen Alleys,which became one of the important are⁃as of the life,action and contradiction led by Xi Menqing.Taking the"Nine Streets and Thirteen Alleys"in The Plum in the Golden Vase as the research object,on the basis of list statistics,using relevant theories of spatial narratology,this paper analyzes the presentation methods and narrative functions of street and alley spaces,in order to glimpse the author's creative art and provide some reference for in-depth research on the spatial narrative value of The Plum in the Golden Vase.