论简洁而精当的美国微型小说

On the succinct , precise and appropriate American short-short story

微型小说是一种千字以内的小小说,它最大限度地要求精悍与洗炼,不需要把整个事件写得完整、详尽,其目的是让读者从那些有字的地方发现形象,揣摩人物心绪;并且让读者参与其中,领悟作品中更多的内在含义、弦外之音,使无限的内容与有限的语言形成和谐地统一。简洁不等于简单,短小不等于干瘪,在有限的文字里传达出无限的意蕴。在20世纪的前半个世纪里,微型小说在美国颇负盛名,并已经成为生活之神速的美国的俚语俗话,许多优秀的美国作家的某些最有特色的作品,正是因为用了微型小说这一手段,才得到大家的称赞。它对美国的生活、习俗或思想都有很大影响,具有很强的生命力。

Short-short story is a kind of mini - sized story which usually contains no more than 1 500 words. It requires brevity and succinctness to a large degree. The whole event are not required to be very detailed because the readers are expected to read the deep meaning between lines. They are participants of the event, thus recognize its overtone. The limited words and the unlimited con tent, therefore, combine to be a harmonious u-nity. Conciseness is not simplicity, and shortness is not short of content. The distinguished point is that the short-short story conveys unlimited bounded connotation through the limited words. In the first part of the 20th century,short-short story had been enjoying its reputation in America, which even became part of the slangs of those countries. One of the most important factors for the success and famousness of many great writers is their application of this way in writing. Moreover,the short-short stories have already been their representative works and are popular till now, which are vigorous and have done a great deal to the life, customs and even thoughts of the country.