變化與重疊：從莫言、高密東北鄉到敘事手法 — 以 ≪白狗秋千架≫與 ≪晚熟的人≫的比較爲中心

Abstract

White Dog Swing and Late Bloomers are short-story novels about the theme of ‘returning to hometown’ written by the same writer Mo Yan. They appear 35 years apart in the literary world. Through careful reading of the text, this paper finds that Mo Yan’s folk position, which he has insisted on for decades, has changed quietly. The appearance of non-narrative words such as commentary and irony make Mo Yan’s creative position gradually toward non-folk. At the same time, the characters and features of Gaomi Northeast Town are changing day by day, Mo Yan, who took the stand of an observer, made a new attempt at writing about his hometown and expressed contemporary anxiety. In these novels, Mo Yan’s rearrangement of narrative time embodies excellent writing skills and temperature change of the narrative structure of “phoenix head, pork belly and leopard tail” was occurred. The preliminary exploration of the narrative techniques revealed in these two novels will contribute to the in-depth study of “Mo’s Style”. From the comparison between the two novels, we can feel the tide of the times, the change of human nature, and also can appreciate Mo Yan’s tireless pursuit in creation.