“总是相同,又总是不同”.doc

1 “总是相同,又总是不同”——论斯泰因的“重复”叙事艺术内容摘要: 斯泰因激进的文学实验令其作品迥异于同时代的作家们, 也开创了美国现代主义和后现代主义文学创作的先河。然而, 评论界对她多有不公, 甚至偏见频频, 有些人甚至否认她巨大的文学成就。本文通过其极具立体主义效果的“重复”叙事艺术, 展示她是任何栩栩如生地揭示她笔下人物秘而不宣的内心活动和情感世界, 如何丰富作品的主题思想, 进而证明斯泰因巨大的文学价值,不愧为“美国文学中的毕加索”,纠正评论界对她的偏见。关键词:斯泰因;立体主义; “持续现在时”;重复;叙事艺术; Abstract : Gertrude S tein distinguished herself from her contemporary writers thanks to her radical literary experiments which helped establish her status as one of the pioneers of modern and post-modern American literature. She has been, however, unfairly treated with prejudice by critics, some of whom even exclude her from the main stream of American literature . The essay focuses on repetition, Stein ’s cubist narrative form, to disclose how she eeds in exploring the inner world of her characters and how the theme of her works is enriched. With such focus, the essay attempts to prove that Stein is beyond question a great modern writer ofa high literary value, “ Picasso of American Literature ”, for the purpose to change critics ’ prejudice upon her. Keywords : Gertrude Stein, Cubism, “ continuous present ”, repetition, art of narration 众所周知, 毕加索是现代派绘画大师, 是人类历史上最伟大的艺术家之一, 人们奉其为“艺术之神”。毕加索之所以受到世人的顶礼膜拜,主要是他一改传统的绘画手法,摈弃写实的艺术形式, 以极端变形和高度夸张的艺术手法, 通过立体的画面, 展现人与社会、人与人、人与自我之间种种扭曲、畸形的关系, 生动而又深刻地揭示了现代社会中人物内心复杂而又丰富的感情。毕加索颠覆传统的绘画艺术, 开创了西方乃至整个世界的现代派和后现代派绘画艺术的先河, 对全世界的现代派和后现代派绘画艺术产生了革命性的影响, 为无数的现代派和后现代派画家探索出了一条崭新的创作道路。与毕加索一样, 斯