追寻"狂欢"——《兄弟》的叙事风格分析

在承继了以往暴力写作与温情写作的基础上,余华在新作《兄弟》中又加入了一种崭新的元素:强烈的狂欢精神。全书充满了对话、讽刺、荒诞、夸张、诙谐的笑和无拘无束的自由想象,作者把自己对时代的思考和对现实的感受糅合其中,使得小说体现出鲜明的狂欢化文学的特征。本文拟借用巴赫金的狂欢化诗学原理,从《兄弟》一书情节结构上的三大特点来分析其狂欢化的叙事风格。

Pursuit of Carnival——Analysis on the narrative style of Yu Hua's Brothers

Brothers by Yu Hua,is a carnivalized novel based on two brothers' legendary experiences in modern China,which is presented in the form of dialogues between personages of two different periods: the Cultural Revolution and Reform and Opening up to the outside.It is written in a joyful,humorous and fantastic style.It depicts the hardship of this world and the absurdity of life with sharp sarcasm,and leaves deep thinking about humanity and history for the readers.The essay,in the light of the Carnival Theory of the Russian art theorist Bakhin,tries to make a deep understanding and research on the novel characterized by its plot,structure and style.