从叙述视角看自传体小说的人际意义 ——以《简·爱》和《儿子与情人》为例

论文摘要

语言的人际意义来自于功能语法中对于元语言功能的划分，至于如何实现人际意义，韩礼德提出了采用语气与情态作为实现人际意义的主要手段。但是这一理论并没有细致的讨论叙述视角所能带来的人际意义。因此本文将关注从不同叙述视角出发分析自传体小说所能体现出的多种人际意义。本文回顾了系统功能语法中对人际意义的认识和研究以及叙述学中对叙述视角的分类，并对自传体小说和其他易混淆文体加以界定和区分。之后采用定性研究方法将所选研究文本《简·爱》和《儿子与情人》分别按其自传体小说特点分析各文本所使用的叙述视角，并选取相应文本来例证叙述视角的差异所能实现的多种人际意义。结果表明，不论自传体小说采用的是第一人称回顾性视角还是第三人称外部全知视角，它们都能达到某些共同的人际意义，如与读者分享故事经验，寻求读者反映和帮助，希望邀请读者进入故事等。同时叙述视角采用的差异也会带来一些人际意义表现的差异，如第一人称回顾性视角的主观叙述满足了读者所具有的窥探他人故事的欲望，而第三人称外部全知视角的客观叙述所具有的局限性使得读者仅能看到中心人物视野之内的事物，从而带来极大的悬念。总之，本文通过研究叙述视角在自传体小说中的使用，可以看到作者邀请读者进入他的自传世界的努力，以及他对读者的态度。从而希望揭示出叙述视角的选择在特定文本中表达人际意义的重要性。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Focus and Purposes of the Thesis
• 1.1.1 Study of Interpersonal Meaning
• 1.1.2 The Significance of Choosing Autobiographical Novels as Research Texts
• 1.1.3 Study of Narrative Point of View
• 1.2 Organization of the Thesis
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• 2.1 Theoretical Framework
• 2.1.1 Study of Interpersonal Meaning in Systemic Functional Grammar
• 2.1.2 Study of Narrative Point of View in Narratology
• 2.1.3 The Definition and Features of Autobiographical Novels
• 2.1.4 Summary
• 2.2 Previous Research on Autobiographical Novels
• 2.2.1 Previous Research on Jane Eyre
• 2.2.2 Previous Research on Sons and Lovers
• 2.3 Summary
• Chapter 3 Methodology
• 3.1 Research Design
• 3.1.1 Data Categorization
• 3.1.2 Data Collection
• 3.2 Summary
• Chapter 4 Interpersonal Meaning Seen From Narrative Point of View
• 4.1 Analysis of the Narrative Point of View of Jane Eyre
• 4.2 Interpersonal Meaning of “I” in Jane Eyre
• 4.2.1 “I” Directly Refers to Narrator
• 4.2.2 “I” in Epistemic Modality
• 4.2.3 “I” in Other Characters’ Eye
• 4.2.4 “I” Talk to Myself
• 4.2.5 “I” Represent a Group of Readers
• 4.2.6 Strong Tug of “I”
• 4.3 Analysis of the Narrative Point of View of Sons and Lovers
• 4.4 Interpersonal Meaning of Point of View in Sons and Lovers
• 4.4.1 Self-effacing Narrator
• 4.4.2 From the Point of View of Mrs Morel
• 4.4.3 From the Point of View of Paul
• 4.4.4 Shift of Point of View
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• 5.1 Overview of the Study
• 5.2 Results of the Study
• 5.3 Limitations and Future Development of the Study
• References
• Acknowledgements
• Paper Published during Study