摘要
本文借用"神道设教"这一概念来描述明清章回小说的叙事特性,即作者总是利用宗教描写来搭建时空架构,结构故事情节,确立叙事权威,传达创作意图,预设情节走向,完成人物设计;作者总是借助宗教描写来营造象征性情节、象征性人物和象征性意象,并据以提升小说的哲学品位。清理这一体现民族传统的叙事特征,有助于找到解读明清章回小说的门径,有助于探寻中国文学民族精神的内在特质,有助于建立中国自己的叙事理论。
This paper uses the concept of 'superstition as educational means' to describe the narrative features of Ming-Qing novels, including the construction of temporal-spatial framework with religious description, the formulation of the story, the establishment of narrative authority, the expression of creative intention, the unfolding of the plot, and the designing of characters. The writers used to rely on religious description to build up a symbolic atmosphere of the story, the characters and the images so as to elevate it onto the philosophical level. To make a historical survey of this narrative that bears the marks of national tradition is helpful for the interpretation of Ming-Qing novels, for the discovery of the quintessence of national literature, and for the establishment of a narrative theory of our own.
出处
《文艺研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2007年第12期34-41,共8页
Literature & Art Studies
基金
2007年度国家社科基金项目<神道设教:明清章回小说叙事的民族传统>前期成果
项目编号为:07CZW018
