《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》之叙述者和叙述视角探寻

本文意在揭示《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》中叙述者之真实身份,并探讨其叙述视角。笔者认为,小说第一人称复数叙述者我们的真实身份是与艾米丽同时代的一群男性居民,而且应该就是曾追求过她的一群人。小说使用了第一人称回顾性双重视角,评论者通常所说的全知全能叙述者叙述,都统一在第一人称叙述下。正是借助双重视角这种技巧,叙述者对艾米丽前后矛盾的态度才得到了淋漓尽致的展示。

An Exploration of the Narrator and Point of View in A Rose for Emily

This essay aims to unveil the true identity of the narrator of A Rose for Emily and explore its narrative point of view.Through detailed analysis,the present author concludes that the true identity of the first-person plural narrators we are a group of male contemporaries with Emily in the town and they are very likely to have been her pursuers.Moreover,the novel adopts a first-person retrospective double point-of-view.What critics often assume to be the omniscient narration is an integral part of first-per...