小说化:民族志书写的一种可能性

传统民族志的文化书写在小说与民族志之间人为划定了严格的界限,它重视概括性事实而回避故事讲述和故事中的单个人物,更谈不上中心人物的深度塑造。实验民族志这种书写范式的出现为借用小说叙事和人物塑造来集中地、戏剧性地展示对象的人文事实、心理事实及其内在意义提供了可能性。

Novel-orientation: A Possibility of Writing Ethnography

In our tradition,there is a strict demarcation between the writing of ethnography and the writing of novel.The former stresses the summary of the facts and avoids the telling of the story or the creation of either plots or main characters.The writing of experimental ethnography adopts the skills of novel writing and character creation and dramatically reveals the cultural facts,psychological and inner significance.