叙事视角的转换--论"临川四梦"对唐代相关小说的改编

"临川四梦"直接或间接地取材于唐代小说.汤显祖在改编唐人小说之际,对其叙事视角也加以改造.相比之下,唐代相关小说<霍小玉传>、<枕中记>、<南柯太守传>、<离魂记>显示了丰富多样的视角操作艺术,并以多视角叙事为主,汤显祖则根据戏剧舞台演出的需要,在叙事视角上通过五种手段将叙述者隐身于戏剧人物之中,使戏剧中的许多人物具有了显在的叙事功能,这种替身的叙事在本质上是一种全知叙事,由此可以窥见汤显祖戏剧叙事艺术之一斑.

Research on the Exchange of Narrative Angles from the Adaptations of the Tang Dynasty Novels by Tang Xianzu

The content of Linchuan Simeng (Four Dreams at Lachuan) is originated directly or indirectly from the contents of Tang Dynasty legendary novels. When the novelist Tang Xianzu adapted these novels , he changed their narrative angles as well. Comparing these novels and dramas, we can find that those novels of Tang Dynasty, such as Huo Xiaoyu Biography, The tales in Pillow , Biography of Nanke Prefecture Chief, Li Hun ji, depicts events from multi - narrative angles, while Tang Xianzu was good at hiding narrators behind actors through 5 ways so as to endow actors the functions of narration. Sucha way of narration is in essence omniscience - narration, from which we can find the achievement in the narrative skills of his dramas clearly.