Twenty-First Century Free Narration

二十一世紀的自由敘事體

Hans Bertens

《Tamkang Review》 39卷2期 (2009/06) Pp. 61-76

https://doi.org/10.6184/TKR.200906_39(2).0004

摘要

從1990年代以來後現代主義一直被宣稱已經死亡。本文主張那些訃聞發得太倉促了。後現代主義依然健在，不只是以純粹的形式，還有與其他種敘事體迷人的混合。後現代技巧與寫實主義、現代主義、魔幻寫實主義或其他形式相互交織的情形不易予以理論化。但那並不足以阻止我們認識到後現代主義在本文所討論的小說裡再現與普及某些敘事體時所扮演的角色。

關鍵字

後現代主義 ； 實驗小說 ； 自由敘事體 ； 雄偉的

並列摘要

Since the mid-1990s postmodernism has been repeatedly declared dead. This article argues that those death notices have been premature. Postmodernism is still with us, both in its unadulterated form, and in fascinating combinations with other modes of narration. This interweaving of postmodern techniques with realist, modernist, magical realist or other modes resists easy theorization. That should, however, not stop us from recognizing the role that postmodernism plays in the sort of free narration that the novels in question represent and propagate.

並列關鍵字

postmodernism ； experimental fiction ； free narration ； sublime

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