库切小说叙述技巧探析

用现代叙事学的理论来研究库切的小说,可以发现它们在叙述时间、叙述视角和叙述声音方面不乏独到之处,这无疑是库切小说在表现方法上的特点之一。

衰落与崛起——读J.M.库切的《耻》

小说《耻》通过讲述后殖民时代发生在南非大地上的故事,表现了新旧交替的历史背景下不同人种间的问题和矛盾,揭示了白人统治者的衰落和黑人的崛起,同时表达了黑人与白人之间应该宽恕与和解的希望。

Mother Earth: Origin of Homeliness and of Strength to Resist

It intends to explore the roles earth plays in Michael K’s passive resistance against the patriarchal authority.Inspired by Homi Bhabha’s concept of“unhomeliness”,it illustrates how earth gives K the sense of homeliness.As the female is closely connected to earth,it also explains how earth helps K get free from the patriarchal wars.By portraying a deformed colored K,Coetzee expresses that the disadvantaged and inferior could resort to mother earth to get freedom and dignity.The female features of protection and nurture are crucial to help the discriminated groups to resist the patriarchal authority.

耶稣的童年(节选)

J.M.库切新作《耶稣的童年》是一部笔致朴素而怪异的长篇小说,书中采用割断历史的叙述手法,将西蒙和大卫带入一个虚构的西班牙语国家。他们在诺维拉市定居后,西蒙去码头上干活,并为大卫寻找他失散的母亲。在小说的后半部分,大卫愈益表现出异于其他儿童的天斌与秉性,不见容学校教育制度,最后西蒙、伊妮丝带着大卫又开始新的迁徙,去寻找"新的生活"。全书共三十章,这里选登第一章和第九章,均略作删节。