On the Implicit Narrative Process of the <i>Eagle Creek Bridge</i>

从亚里士多德以来，学术界对文学作品的研究一直聚焦于情节发展，然而，申丹发现，在不少的虚构作品中，在情节发展的背后，还存在一股叙事暗流，与情节相互补充或相互颠覆，表达丰富的主题意义、塑造出更丰富的人物形象。美国作家安布罗斯·比尔斯的著名短篇小说《鹰溪桥上》情节明朗，围绕着主人公佩顿·法可尔被处于行刑时出现的逃跑幻觉而展开的，展现了现实的残酷性。然而，小说中频繁出现的自然景物虽然看似与情节发展无关紧要，却暗指了含着美国超验主义为核心的隐性叙事进程。文章运用双重叙事进程理论分析《鹰溪桥上》这篇作品情节发展背后的隐性进程，揭示比尔斯在特殊时代对人类命运的思考。Since Aristotle, academic study of literature has been focused on the plot, however, shen Dan found that in many works of fiction, behind the development of the plot, there is a narrative undercurrent, complement or subvert the plot, express the theme of rich meaning, create more rich characters. The American writer Ambrose Beers’ famous short story “On the Eagle Creek Bridge” clear plot revolves around the escape illusion of the hero Payton Facker in execution, showing the cruelty of reality. However, although the frequent natural scenes in the novel seem not to be related to the plot development, they allusion to the implicit narrative process with American transcendentalism as the core. This paper uses the theory of dual narrative process to analyze the hidden process behind the plot development of the Eagle Creek Bridge, and reveals Beers’ thinking on the fate of mankind in the special era.