情节的萌发与建构——明清通俗小说中的赘婚

"赘婚"是一种特殊的婚姻形式,而小说中的赘婚又游离于真实与虚构之间,体现了超越固有观念和社会准则的某种潜力,在情节的萌发和建构方面尤其如此。小说作者从赘婚中获得了天然的便捷,可以从女性的立场营造情节、叙述故事;赘婚中存在的种种常见困顿,反而为作者提供了便利,在小说中都转化成为情节发展的若干层次;对于赘婿来说往往意味着尴尬和屈辱的婚仪、改姓以及逐婿,在小说里也成为了情节的重要来源。以至于在赘婚的基础上建构的小说不是悲剧,而是充满了谐趣以及励志色彩的喜剧或正剧。赘婚可以摆脱现实中的种种劣名,变为小说中最让人兴奋的情节元素之一,并进而成为小说中"大团圆"结局的一个要素。在促使小说中的人物"发迹变泰"的同时,赘婚也完成了自我的华丽转身。

The Germination and Construction of the Novel Plot: The Uxorilocal Marriage in Popular Novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties

The uxorilocal marriage is a special form of marriage. In the novel, the uxorilocal marriage is between reality and fiction. It embodies a potential to stretch beyond the inherent values and social norms, especially in the aspect of germination and construction of the novel plot. The authors got natural convenience from the uxorilocal marriage. They can narrate the story from women's standpoint. A variety of problems in the uxorilocal marriage were transformed into several levels of the novel plot. The wedding, surname change and abjection which were awkward to the son-in-law became an important source of the plot. So the novels about the uxorilocal marriage are not the tragedy but comedy or drama. The uxorilocal marriage develops into the most exciting elements of the plot in the novel. It helps the characters in the novel make the exchange. Meanwhile the uxorilocal marriage also completed gorgeous turn of itself.