中年女性成长小说——《达洛维太太》的修辞叙事

A Female Midlife Progress Novel—Rhetorical-Narrative Analysis of Mrs. Dalloway

摘要: 詹姆斯·费伦的叙事交流模式以强调作者、文本和读者的三角互动为特征，在一定程度上弥补了传统批评脱离历史语境和依赖主观阐释的不足。“三维人物”和进程作为核心概念成为分析叙事结构和读者接受的新途径，且为主题阐释提供了新视角。以费伦的修辞叙事理论分析《达洛维太太》发现，叙事文本通过实现和转化人物克拉丽莎、彼得和塞普蒂莫斯的模仿、主题和虚构功能，制造了诸如衰老体验矛盾、身份认同困境等叙事进程中的不稳定性和张力，鼓励作者的读者在引导下加入文本阐释，最终按照隐含作者的预期理解中年女性心灵成长这一潜在主题。

Abstract: James Phelan’s narrative communication underlines the triangle interaction between author, text and audience, differentiating from the traditional criticism that either disconnected from social context or relied on subjective interpretation. Character’s Three Dimensions and Progression as cores of his rhetorical narratology provide fresh approaches on analyzing narrative structure and reader’s receptive reading as well as new perspectives into textual motif. Applying Phelan’s theory into a practical reading of Mrs. Dalloway, it is found that with the realization of Clarrisa’s mimetic function and the thematic and synthetic function of Peter and Septimus, instabilities and tensions like identity paradox of aging are generated in the progression. Thus, authorial reader could actively participate in the textual interpretation under the guide of implied author and discover a potential theme of female midlife progress novel.