中西小说隐含作者意图伦理之比较-《南京师大学报》（社会科学版）

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Title:: A Comparison of Ethics Intended by the Implied Authors Between Chinese and Western Novels

Keywords:: implied author; intended ethics; classical novels; Western novels

摘要:: 探讨隐含作者的意图伦理,可以将小说的伦理效应和真实作者的伦理责任区分开来,隐含作者的意图伦理由此显示出它在小说叙事伦理中的重要性。从中西比较的角度看,中国古典小说的隐含作者一般是伦理先行,西方小说的隐含作者则兼有伦理先行和道德后觉,前者的伦理是规范伦理,后者的伦理主要是德性伦理; 在人物和伦理关系的把握上,中国古典小说的隐含作者让伦理来规范人物,西方小说的隐含作者则让人物来显示伦理; 在情节和伦理关系的处理上,中国古典小说的隐含作者让伦理笼罩情节,西方小说的隐含作者则让情节折射伦理。

Abstract:: To explore the ethics intended by the implied authors, we can distinguish the ethical effects produced by the novels from the ethical responsibilities of the real authors. Then the ethics intended by the implied authors shows its importance in the narrative ethics of the novels. From the perspective of comparison between China and the West, the implied authors of Chinese classical novels generally put the ethics first, while their Western counterparts either put the ethics first or derive the moral principles from their narratives: the ethics embodied by Chinese novels is normative, but the ethics in Western novels is mainly concerning people’s virtue. In terms of the relationship between characters and ethics, the implied authors of Chinese classical novels let ethics govern the characters, while their Western counterparts make the characters show ethics. In dealing with the relationship between the plot and ethics, the implied authors of Chinese classical novels make ethics rise above the plot, and the implied authors of Western novels let the plot refract ethics.