趋向出人意料的进程:艾迪斯·华顿的《罗马热病》  

Progressing Toward Surprise: Edith Wharton's Roman Fever

作　　者：詹姆斯.费伦 何佳韦[2] 

机构地区：[1]美国俄亥俄州立大学 [2]武汉大学外国语言文学博士后流动站

出　　处：《长江学术》2016年第4期87-94,共8页Yangtze River Academic

基　　金：中国博士后科学基金项目(2015M570656)的部分成果

摘　　要：艾迪斯·华顿的短篇小说《罗马热病》的修辞效果主要来自它出人意料的结尾,即故事中的格蕾丝·安思丽对另一主人公阿丽达·司雷德在末尾告解:她的聪明伶俐的女儿格蕾丝·芭芭拉并非她和丈夫所生,而是阿丽达的丈夫所生。出人意料的结尾显示出伦理判断与阐释判断的密切关联,同时也体现华顿在叙事进程前部、中部和后部对叙述者与读者关系的微妙处理。通过分析这种进程以及对进程中多重判断的逐步揭示,我们发现,华顿对信息披露的严格控制在美学上和伦理上都是令人满意的,甚至是令人赞叹的。Edith Wharton＇s Roman Fever is a story whose rhetorical effectiveness depends in large part on its surprise ending. Grace Ansley＇ s revelation to her antagonist Alida Slade that the father of Grace＇ s brilliant daughter Barbara was not her own husband but Alida＇ s. Surprise endings provide strong evidence of the interrelation of ethical and aesthetic judgments, while also demonstrating Wharton＇ s subtle control of the beginning, middle and ending of the narrative progression. Through analysis and revelation of the multiple judgments on the progression, we discover that Wharton＇ s control of the narrative information to her audience is satisfactory or even stunningly appealing, both in terms of narrative aesthetics and in terms of narrative ethics

关 键 词：华顿 罗马热病 进程 伦理判断 阐释判断 

分 类 号：I712.074[文学—其他各国文学]