Volume 2,Issue 5
意义未定与空白：论伊瑟尔读者反应理论视域下的《故园风雨后》
《故园风雨后》历来被视为伊夫林·沃对英国贵族“黄金时代”的一曲挽歌，但小说文本内部精心设置的召唤结构，至今仍未得到学界足够的重视。本文尝试借助沃尔夫冈·伊瑟尔的读者反应理论，深入文本细部，考察这部小说如何借助非线性叙事的时空断裂、以及克制含蓄的对话艺术，在文本中留下大量意义未定与空白之处，进而把阅读本身变成读者与文本之间的一场历史性对话。研究认为，小说的双重时间框架、游移的叙事视点与人物之间充满克制、反讽的对话，共同迫使读者调动自身的历史意识与想象力去填补家族衰败的因果空白与人物动机的未定之处。正是这些结构性与语言性的空白，不断唤起并修正读者的期待视野，让《故园风雨后》始终是一部能够随不同历史语境的读者不断生成新意义的开放文本。
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