火光中的凝视——叙事聚焦视域下《烧马棚》沙多里斯的困境与成长
Gaze amid the Blaze—Sartoris’s Dilemmas and Growth in Faulkner’s Barn Burning from the Perspective of Narrative Focalization
摘要: 《烧马棚》是威廉·福克纳创作的短篇小说。小说通过10岁男孩沙多里斯的视角，引导读者感知世界，同时全知叙述者的持续介入则突破了沙多里斯主观视角的限制。福克纳对多叙事视角的运用，使得这部作品具有一定的理解难度。为更深入地赏析《烧马棚》，有必要借助热拉尔·热奈特的叙事聚焦理论，对作品中多视角的运用进行分析。此外，还运用韦恩·布斯的隐含作者概念，并探讨沙多里斯叙述的可靠性。
Abstract: Barn Burning is a short story by William Faulkner. Through the perspective of a 10-year-old boy named Sarty, the story invites readers to perceive the world, while the constant intervention of an omniscient narrator transcends the limitations of Sartoris’s subjective viewpoint. Faulkner’s employment of multiple narrative perspectives renders the story somewhat challenging to comprehend. To gain a deeper appreciation of Barn Burning, it is essential to analyze the application of multiple perspectives with the aid of Gerard Genette’s focalization theory. Additionally, this paper also applies Wayne Booth’s concept of the implied author and explores the reliability of Sarty’s narration.
文章引用：李孟天. 火光中的凝视——叙事聚焦视域下《烧马棚》沙多里斯的困境与成长[J]. 世界文学研究, 2026, 14(2): 196-203. https://doi.org/10.12677/wls.2026.142028

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