当代外国文学
噹代外國文學
당대외국문학
Contemporary Foreign Literature
2015年
2期
132~139
,共null页
21世纪英国小说 交融性 叙事形式 创作主题
21世紀英國小說 交融性 敘事形式 創作主題
21세기영국소설 교융성 서사형식 창작주제
21 st-century British fiction, boundary-crossing, narrative form, thematicconcern
历经现代主义、后现代主义两大文学浪潮以及多种文学批评理论的洗礼,英国小说在迈入21世纪后非但没有死,反而涌现出更加旺盛的发展势头,展示出令人振奋的盎然生机.萨尔曼·拉什迪、伊恩·麦克尤恩、朱利安·巴恩斯等一大批文坛老将笔耕不辍、频推新作,引发批评热潮;与此同时,扎迪·史密斯、汤姆·麦卡锡、亚当·瑟尔威尔等众多文坛新锐锋芒毕现,势头猛进,令人侧目.本文试图以若干当代英国主要小说家及其代表作品为例,从“叙事形式”和“创作主题”的双重层面考察英国小说在21世纪的发展.21世纪英国小说家们批判性地继承英国文学固有的现实主义传统,同时又充分吸纳现代主义、后现代主义的创新精神,不仅在叙事形式上消解了现实主义与实验主义、虚构与非虚构、时间艺术与空间艺术、历史小说与侦探小说等诸多艺术样式之间的虚假对立,而且在创作主题上实现了科技与人文、伦理与审美、历史与现实、宗教与世俗、区域化与全球化等众多命题之间的交融和暗合,有力地拓展了当代英国小说的创作视野.在此基础上,文章进一步讨论了21世纪英国小说的启发价值和阐释挑战,以期为学界的深入研究提供建设性参考.
歷經現代主義、後現代主義兩大文學浪潮以及多種文學批評理論的洗禮,英國小說在邁入21世紀後非但沒有死,反而湧現齣更加旺盛的髮展勢頭,展示齣令人振奮的盎然生機.薩爾曼·拉什迪、伊恩·麥剋尤恩、硃利安·巴恩斯等一大批文罈老將筆耕不輟、頻推新作,引髮批評熱潮;與此同時,扎迪·史密斯、湯姆·麥卡錫、亞噹·瑟爾威爾等衆多文罈新銳鋒芒畢現,勢頭猛進,令人側目.本文試圖以若榦噹代英國主要小說傢及其代錶作品為例,從“敘事形式”和“創作主題”的雙重層麵攷察英國小說在21世紀的髮展.21世紀英國小說傢們批判性地繼承英國文學固有的現實主義傳統,同時又充分吸納現代主義、後現代主義的創新精神,不僅在敘事形式上消解瞭現實主義與實驗主義、虛構與非虛構、時間藝術與空間藝術、歷史小說與偵探小說等諸多藝術樣式之間的虛假對立,而且在創作主題上實現瞭科技與人文、倫理與審美、歷史與現實、宗教與世俗、區域化與全毬化等衆多命題之間的交融和暗閤,有力地拓展瞭噹代英國小說的創作視野.在此基礎上,文章進一步討論瞭21世紀英國小說的啟髮價值和闡釋挑戰,以期為學界的深入研究提供建設性參攷.
력경현대주의、후현대주의량대문학랑조이급다충문학비평이론적세례,영국소설재매입21세기후비단몰유사,반이용현출경가왕성적발전세두,전시출령인진강적앙연생궤.살이만·랍십적、이은·맥극우은、주리안·파은사등일대비문단로장필경불철、빈추신작,인발비평열조;여차동시,찰적·사밀사、탕모·맥잡석、아당·슬이위이등음다문단신예봉망필현,세두맹진,령인측목.본문시도이약간당대영국주요소설가급기대표작품위례,종“서사형식”화“창작주제”적쌍중층면고찰영국소설재21세기적발전.21세기영국소설가문비판성지계승영국문학고유적현실주의전통,동시우충분흡납현대주의、후현대주의적창신정신,불부재서사형식상소해료현실주의여실험주의、허구여비허구、시간예술여공간예술、역사소설여정탐소설등제다예술양식지간적허가대립,이차재창작주제상실현료과기여인문、윤리여심미、역사여현실、종교여세속、구역화여전구화등음다명제지간적교융화암합,유력지탁전료당대영국소설적창작시야.재차기출상,문장진일보토론료21세기영국소설적계발개치화천석도전,이기위학계적심입연구제공건설성삼고.
Having weathered literary movements such as modemism and post- modemism, and survived the scrutiny of various critical theories, British fiction did not meet its end but flourished in the first decade of the 21st century. Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes, among other veteran writers, continue to draw critical attention by producing one masterpiece after another, while younger novelists such as Zadie Smith, Adam Thirlwell, and Tom McCarthy play an increasingly important role in the contemporary British literary scene. This article argues that the 21st-century British novels feature boundary-crossing in both narrative forms and thematic concerns. On the one hand, they tend to disrupt the false opposition between realism and experimentalism, fiction and non-fiction, temporal art and spatial art, historical fiction and detective fiction; on the other hand, they often intersect science with culture, ethics with aesthetics, history with reality, localization with globalization, and religion with secularity. The article also discusses the consequent interpretive challenges, and offers some tentative suggestions for future studies in 21 st-century British fiction.
