米兰·昆德拉小说中的死亡叙事

Death Narration in Milan Kundera’s Novels

在米兰·昆德拉的小说中,死亡叙事反复出现,是一个不可忽视的重要视阈。就叙事情节而言,昆氏的死亡叙事包括以死亡证明爱情、用死亡表达抗争、活人对待死人的态度等类型。与此同时,死亡叙事折射出了昆氏的死亡哲学观,其中主要包括死亡之轻、人之畏死以及对年龄与死亡关系的思考。此外,死亡叙事映射出了小说中人物的性格、展现了作者的叙事视角切换技巧、凸显了作品的反讽艺术,因而在昆氏小说的文本建构中发挥着重要的作用。

In Milan Kundera’s novels, death narration recurs and is an important visual threshold that cannot be ignored. Combing the narrative plot in Kundera’s novels, death narration includes proving love by killing oneself, expressing resistance with death, treating dead people badly, and other types. From the death narration, we can also figure out Kundera’s death philosophy, including the lightness of death, people’s fear of death as well as the relationship between age and death. In addition, death narrations in Kundera’s novels reflect the personality of some characters, show the author’s skills of switching perspectives, and highlight the ironic art. From the analysis above, we can make a conclusion that death narration in Kundera’s novels plays an active role in the text construction.