古代小说的空间转换与形式修辞

空间的转换与衔接是故事情节的重要组成部分,是小说叙事得以完成的不可或缺的环节。在长期的创作实践中,小说家们逐渐形成了一定的套路和格范。古代小说的空间转换与衔接主要有两种类型,即直接转换与间接转换;顶真和跳脱则是空间转换中两种重要的修辞形式。

The Space Switch and the Formal Rhetoric of Stories in the old Times

The space switch and link-up constitutes an important part of story-telling and narration. In the long history of creative writing, novelists have developed their ways and paradigms. As for the stories in former times, space switch and link-up is generally divided into two types: direct switch and indirect switch. Ding zhen, a kind of rhetoric device calling for a sentence to begin with the final word or phrase of the previous sentence, and the leap of narrative thread are two essential formal rhetoric devices of the space switch.