《三水小牍》的空间叙事研究

Abstract

This paper starts from the perspective of ‘space’ and studies the spatial narrative of San Shui Xiao Du by Huang Fu mei in late Tang Dynasty form modern narratology. Space, as one of the most important elements of the novel, its spatial structure presented in the novel is the result of the author's intention. These spaces existing in the work not only construct the framework of the novel, but also place the central idea of the literary work. Therefore, exploring the narrative function of space in the text is conducive to better understanding the meaning of each place in the novel. This paper mainly takes the artistic space in the work as the research object, which refers to the four real spaces of Ancestral Temples, Family Mansion, Temples Taoist, and Military war. By intensive reading and comparative analysis of the text, it reveals the narrative function of the four real space in the novel from three aspects：promoting the development of the storyline, shaping the characters’ images and satirizing the social situation. It can be seen that the space in literary works not only be regarded as the background of the story, but also play an irreplaceable role in the narrative of novels.