不著一字,尽得风流——评奥莱尔小说《在柏林》

Using Limited Words to Create Infinite Charm—On Olaer’s In Berlin

小说《在柏林》注重细节刻画并且通过第三人称限制性视角和留白手法以非战争场面来写战争,从而折射出战争的残酷和对人类的巨大伤害。小说以一位老妇人,一辆小火车车厢的空间来写出整个人类与整个庞大战场,以小见大,将无限寓于有限之中,显得含蓄蕴藉,余味无穷。真可谓,“不著一字,尽得风流”。

The novel In Berlin pays attention to details and describes the war in non-war scenes through the third person restrictive perspective and leaves a note, thus reflecting the cruelty of war and the great harm to human beings. The novel uses an old woman and the space of a small compartment of train to write about the entire human race and the entire huge battlefield, with the small seeing the big, the infinite is embedded in the finite, which appears implicit and endless. It can really be said, “Using limited words to create infinite charm”.