明清章回小说中的“总纲”叙事 ：以绣像本《金瓶梅》第一回为讨论中心 = On the narration of “Zong Gang” in the Ming-Qing novels : focus on chapter 1 of the Xiu Xiang edition of Jin Ping Mei

• Main Author: 林琳 Lin, Lin
• Other Authors: Qu Jingyi
• Format: Thesis-Master by Research
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::Literature::Chinese
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153226
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

本文关注的是明清章回小说中的总纲叙事，以绣像本《金瓶梅》的第一回为研究对象， 认为绣像本《金瓶梅》的第一回是整个《金瓶梅》思想与内容的总纲。本文还指出，《醒世姻缘传》的开头也具有总纲性质，说明广为人知的《红楼梦》的总纲并非个案。以此说明学界普遍认为总纲是《红楼梦》之独创的观点或可商榷，以期“总纲”最终能成为中国古代叙 事学中的一般理论。 本文以对照检验法进行论证，通过比照第一回中具有预示性质的内容与后文的内容， 包括回目、篇首诗、“入话”与闪现式的小人物，说明:(1)信息的对应，论证前者预示 后者的论点;(2)信息的特殊性质，前者所透露的信息对后者具有提纲挈领之效。由此导出第一回为全书之总纲的结论。之后，本文再考察总纲与“读者”和“作者”两个维度的关 系:一是总纲对于读者阅读体验的影响;二是总纲对于作者创作意图的表达。为了更全面地了解绣像本的第一回作为总纲的现象与艺术价值，本文以版本比较法，比较绣像本和词话本 的第一回。最后以文学比较法，讨论绣像本《金瓶梅》的总纲对后世章回小说中的总纲叙事的影响。This dissertation aims at contributing to the study of the narration of zong gang 总纲 in the Ming-Qing novels. Chapter 1 of the xiu xiang 绣像 edition of Jin Ping Mei《金瓶梅》is the case study of the project. My primary argument is that zong gang is a common feature shared by various Ming-Qing novels, i.e. Jin Ping Mei, Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan《醒世姻缘传》and The Story of the Stone《红楼梦》, and therefore it is not an exclusive feature of the Story of the Stone. This project offers to formulate a whole new perspective of the narration of zong gang in the Ming-Qing novels. Hopefully, this project helps to transform zong gang into a general theory of Chinese narratology. To achieve such a goal, the correspondence between the prophecies in chapter 1 of the xiu xiang edition of Jin Ping Mei and the later part of the novel will be examined to show that: (1) what is foretell is fulfilled at the later part of the novel; (2) the revealed information outlines the key events in the later part of the novel. In doing so, the paper argues that these prophecies in chapter 1 contribute to the formation of zong gang, which turns the first chapter into a governor role in the whole text. In the discussion, the paper aims to answer two aspects relating to the concept of zong gang: zong gang & reader’s reading experience; zong gang & the author’s intention. To achieve a holistic understanding of zong gang in the xiu xiang edition and its values, this paper provides a literary comparison between ci hua 词话 edition and xiu xiang edition of Jin Ping Mei. Lastly, this paper also shed light on the influence of zong gang in Jin Ping Mei on the other novels of later ages.