叙事时间和叙事话语策略在《天堂》中的应用研究

论文摘要

托妮·莫里森是当代美国文学界最伟大的小说家之一。《天堂》是托妮·莫里森获得诺贝尔文学奖后的第一部小说,自1998年发表以来,备受评论界关注。本篇论文主要依据法国著名文学评论家杰拉尔·热奈特的叙事理论,对托妮·莫里森的《天堂》中独特的叙事策略进行尝试性研究。论文共分五章。第一章主要介绍作家作品;文学批评回顾;本论文的研究意义。第二章对论文所运用的叙事学理论进行了概括性介绍。第三章主要通过错综的时间顺序、独特的时间频率和不等的时间距离对小说中的非线性叙事时间进行论述,重点放在其所产生的独特的叙事效果上。第四章通过对文本中所运用的不同的叙事话语——转述话语、间接转述话语和戏剧式转述话语——对《天堂》中多变的叙事话语进行分析,同样,重点仍然放在叙事效果上。第五章对论文进行了总结。

论文目录

• 中文摘要
• ABSTRACT
• CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTHOR AND PARADISE
• 1.2 LITERATURE REVIEW
• 1.3 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS STUDY OF PARADISE
• CHAPTER TWO GERNARD GENETTE’S THEORY OF NARRATOLOGY
• 2.1 NARRATIVE TIME
• 2.2 NARRATIVE DISCOURSE
• CHAPTER THREE NON-CHRONOLOGICAL NARRATIVE TIME IN PARADISE
• 3.1 TIME ORDER—DISPARITY BETWEEN THE TEMPORAL ORDER AND NARRATIVE ORDER
• 3.2 TIME FREQUENCY—IDENTIFICATION OF THREE TEMPORAL RELATIONS
• 3.3 TIME DURATION—PLAY BETWEEN NARRATIVE TIME AND STORY TIME
• 3.3.1 Summary
• 3.3.2 Scene
• 3.3.3 Pause
• 3.3.4 Ellipsis
• 3.4 EFFECTS OF NON-CHRONOLOGICAL NARRATIVE TIME IN PARADISE
• 3.4.1 Adjusting the Narrative Rhythm
• 3.4.1.1 Slowing Down or Stopping the Narrative Rhythm—Function of Emphasis
• 3.4.1.2 Speeding up the Narrative Rhythm—Briefness and Conciseness of the Text
• 3.4.2 Reinforcing the Theme
• 3.4.2.1 Flashback
• 3.4.2.2 Repeated Narrative
• 3.4.2.3 Scene
• CHAPTER FOUR VARIABLE NARRATIVE DISCOURSES IN PARADISE
• 4.1 NARRATED DISCOURSE
• 4.2 INDIRECT NARRATED DISCOURSE
• 4.3 DRAMATIC NARRATED DISCOURSE—STRATEGY OF DIRECT QUOTATION
• 4.3.1 Dramatic Dialogue
• 4.3.2 Interior Monologue
• 4.3.3 Stream of Consciousness
• 4.4 EFFECTS OF VARIABLE NARRATIVE DISCOURSES IN PARADISE
• 4.4.1 Making the Text Direct and Vivid
• 4.4.1.1 Dramatic Narrated Discourse
• 4.4.1.2 Indirect Narrated Discourse
• 4.4.2 Adjusting the Narrative Distance
• 4.4.2.1 Narrated Discourse—Widening the Narrative Distance
• 4.4.2.2 Indirect Narrated Discourse—Narrowing down the Narrative Distance ..
• 4.4.2.3 Dramatic Narrated Discourse—the Shortest Narrative Distance
• CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• 在学期间发表的学术论文和参加科研情况