从失控到把控——从《鸽疫》看厄德里克“环小说”叙事的多声部发展

From loss to control: Erdrich's troll narration in her story cycle The Plague of Doves

美国本土裔作家路易丝·厄德里克2008年的长篇小说《鸽疫》在持续作家"环小说"轮唱风格的叙述特征上,进一步展现了作家高超的艺术把控力。作品的多声部叙述得到了进一步发展,在看似情感、历史文化、族裔差异的混杂和失控中,以各种叙述暗含的主旋律弥合情感冲突和文化矛盾,干预人物及读者的意识形态与观念,逐步达到共鸣与和谐,不断彰显厄德里克"环小说"的艺术魅力。

The Native American writer Louise Erdrich's The Plague of Doves( 2008) continues her signature 'story cycle'pattern,especially its troll narration which reveals the author's exquisite art control throughout the creation. In the work,various kinds of narrative voices are developed with conflicts in emotion,history,culture and ethnic differences. However,the off-beats are ingeniously heading for their harmony,reforming and even transforming the characters as well as readers' cognitive dimension. Erdrich's 'story cycle'is getting its prominence compellingly in this novel.