On the Multiple Narrative Strategies in The Human Stain

One of the significant features of The Human Stain is that it lays bare the reality of American society and censures the Anglo-Saxon or white discourse.What are equally important are the multiple narrative strategies that Philip R oth employs in the novel.T his paper focuses mainly on the elaboration of such narrative strategies as mimesis and diegesis,complicated narrative time,shifting focalizations,and narration or non-narrative comments,so as to point out that these narrative strategies add colors to its( postmodern) artistic features,becoming an integral component of this novel.

论菲利普·罗斯《普通人》的叙事艺术与主题意义

在《普通入》中,菲利普·罗斯将传统的叙述方式与时代错误、时空跳跃、叙事浓缩等后现代叙述方式融合,是对后现代叙事手法复杂性的一种所谓"去神圣化",目的是为了对后现代文学写作进行不断创新。作家用这一独特的叙述框架完美地实现了对古代同名寓言剧的暗指,旨在探索人类经历的普遍性问题,也就是对人类未来命运这一普遍主题的关注和忧思。《普通人》标志着罗斯小说创作的重要转折点。