On the Narrative Methods of To the Lighthouse
Abstract
One of the most prominent literary figures of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf is widely admired for her innovation of stream-of-consciousness narrative methods in the novel. To the Lighthouse is usually considered as her best work in which her narrative methods were remarkable and her writing skill become perfect. It narrates story by different narrators and free association. Through the characters’ interior monologue, it tweaks the past, now and future in consciousness to form the subjective time and compare it with the external time. With the wide use of these skills, Virginia Woolf depicts her characters’ “inner world” to readers, hence she fully reveals the content and process of human consciousness to the reader.
Key Words: free association; interior monologue; To the Lighthouse; Virginia Woolf; stream-of-consciousness
摘 要
作為210世紀最卓越的文學家之1，弗吉尼亞•伍爾夫因她小說中創新的意識流敘事方式而受到廣泛的推崇。《到燈塔去》通常被認為是她的'最佳作品，在此小說中她獨特的敘事方式引人注目，寫作方法趨於完美。它靠敘事者改變和自由聯想來敘述故事，通過間接內心獨白把意識中的過去、現在和未來擰在1起形成主觀時間並和客觀時間對照。藉助於這些敘事方式的運用，伍爾夫向讀者展示了人物的內心世界並充分地揭示了人們意識活動的內容和過程。
關鍵詞：自由聯想、內心獨白、《到燈塔去》、弗吉尼亞•伍爾夫、意識流