《恶棍来访》的后现代叙事策略英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

赣南师范学院硕士学位论文 赣南师范学院硕士学位论文 ii ii 摘 要 在当代西方社会中，后现代主义是一个广泛谈论和写作的题目。但由于后现 代主义是一个比较宽泛笼统的概念，至今无人给它下一个确切的定义。很多后现代 作家试图放弃那些传统的写作方式，开始尝试新的叙事方式以表达他们对现实的看 法。这些新的叙事方式包括拼贴，戏仿，叙事片断，元小说技巧以及黑色幽默等。 2011 年普利策文学奖获得者詹妮弗·伊根在她的小说《恶棍来访》中就采用了一 些后现代的叙事技巧来讲述故事。本篇论文旨在通过探索伊根独具特色的后现代叙 事方式来解读她对社会、文化以及人们心理的关注。全文共分五章。 第一章简要介绍了伊根其人、其作品及关于其作品的研究，简要介绍文本 《恶棍来访》的主要内容和诸多评论。第二章探讨了什么是后现代主义，以及后现 代叙事的一些特点。第三章从非线性叙事、不确定性、元小说和黑色幽默四个方面 分析了后现代叙事策略在小说中的运用。其中非线性叙事主要体现在三个方面：碎 片化的情节、非线性叙事时间和空间以及蒙太奇手法。不确定性包括叙事视角、时 空顺序和主题的不确定性。元小说的特征则体现在侵入式叙述、拼贴、戏仿、和多 重叙事视角四个方面。第四章则分析了小说的主题。第五章总结全文内容，概括 《恶棍来访》的后现代主义叙事特征，通过以上方面的分析，揭露了作者在小说中 以“杂乱”的叙事形式表达了世界的混乱无序，科技发展对人类生活和文化的影响 以及人们对此无奈、困惑的主题思想，并指出本研究的当下意义。 关键词：后现代主义 非线性 不确定性 元小说 黑色幽默 iii iii Abstract Postmodernism is talked and written about everywhere in contemporary western society. But it is not yet widely understood by people because the concept of it is ambiguous. Many postmodern writers try to abandon the traditional writing skills, but try with some innovative narrative skills, including collage, parody, fragmentary plot, Metafictional techniques, black humor and so on, to express their thoughts towards reality. Among them, Jennifer Egan, the winner of 2011 HYPERLINK /wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction?qsrc=3044 Pulitzer Literatue Prize, has used postmodern narrative techniques to tell the story in her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad. The thesis intends to provide her creative narrative skills and to explore her great concern about society, culture and peoples psychology. The thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter one gives a brief introduction to Jennifer Egan’s life, her works and also gives a brief survey to the literature review of her works, especially the main content of her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad and different comments of it. Chapter two explores what is postmodernism and the characteristics of postmodern narratives. Chapter three analyzes the employment of postmodern narrative strategies in the novel from four aspects, which including non-linear narrative,