On the Postmodern Ethical Narration Techniques in LaRose

On the Postmodern Ethical Narration Techniques in LaRose

Fei Wang

Abstract Postmodern ethical narration is the representation of postmodern ethical ideas in the literary field, claiming the deconstruction of writer's authority and text's narrative center. Postmodern ethical narration argues that the relationship between self and the other should be reconstructed by admitting the differences and respecting the other, announcing the invalidity of traditional narration which pursues oneness, grand narrative and meta discourse in the fast changing postmodern social context. Louise Erdrich, a contemporary native American writer, has transcended the boundary of traditional linear narrative techniques in her work LaRose by using the multi-linear and multi-view techniques to form a panorama of postmodern novel with multiple different yet consonant voices. In this novel, Erdrich adopted the postmodern ethical narrative techniques such as parallel structure, polyphonic narration and carnival narration, extending the spatial meanings and realistic references of the textual narration. Against the backdrop of the state of North Dakota, the novel discloses the ethical problems of justice and traumatic memory of the native Americans in the contemporary context, highlighting its attributes of the native writings.

Keywords   LaRose, Postmodern Ethical Narration, Intertextuality, Polyphony, Carnivalization

论《拉罗斯》中后现代伦理的叙事手法

王菲

摘要：后现代伦理叙事是后现代伦理思想在文学领域的体现，主张消解作者权威和文本叙事中心，重建自我与他者的关系，承认差异、尊重他者，宣告了追求同一性、宏大叙事和元话语的传统叙事在急遽变化的后现代社会语境中的失效。美国当代本土裔作家路易丝•厄德里克的《拉罗斯》打破了传统的线性叙事手法，采用多线程、多视角的叙事技法构成了一幅多语合弦的后现代小说图景。在小说中，厄德里克综合运用了平行结构、复调叙事、狂欢化叙事等后现代伦理的叙事手法，拓展了文本叙事的空间性和现实指涉性。小说围绕着北达科他州展现了印第安族裔在当下语境中的伦理正义问题和创伤记忆，凸显了其印第安族裔特质。

关键词：《拉罗斯》；后现代伦理叙事；互文；复调；狂欢化