Narrative Frequency and Three Dimensions of Time

Abstract

Abstract: Time, as an experience for human beings, has three dimensions: linear time, annular time and psycho-time. Gerard Genette's theory of narrative frequency has dealt with only two of the three dimensions, namely, linear time and psycho-time. As a result, Genette's theory of narrative frequency demonstrates as a binary structure between the singular and the iterative. The lack of annular time leads to the neglect and misunderstanding of repetition. From the perspective of the three dimensions of time, a new theoretical structure of narrative frequency can be constructed in the frame of the singular, the repetitive and the iterative.

Key words: narrative frequency, linear time, annular time, psycho-time, repetition

Li Weihua. Narrative Frequency and Three Dimensions of Time[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2013, 33(3): 189-196.

References

奥古斯丁：《忏悔录》，周士良译。北京：商务印书馆，1963年。
[St. Augustine. The Confessions. Trans. Zhou Shiliang. Beijing: The Commercial Press, 1963.]
米克·巴尔：《叙述学：叙事理论导论》（第二版），谭君强译。北京：中国社会科学出版社，2003年。
[Bal, Mieke. Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative (Second Edition). Trans. Tan Junqiang. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2003.]
Bergson, Henri. Matter and Memory. London: George Allen & Unwin; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929.
彼得·柯文尼、罗杰·海菲尔德：《时间之箭》，江涛、向守平译。长沙：湖南科学技术出版社，2007年。
[Conveney, Peter and Roger Highfield. The Arrow of Time. Trans. Jiang Tao and Xiang Shouping. Changsha: Hu’nan Science and Technology Press, 2007.]
Dewey, John. Reconstruction in Philosophy. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920.
热拉尔·热奈特：《叙事话语新叙事话语》，王文融译。北京：中国社会科学出版社，1990年。
[Genette, Gerard. Narrative Discourse & Narrative Discourse Revisited. Trans. Wang Wenrong. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 1990.]
辜堪生主编：《马克思主义哲学原理》。成都：西南财经大学出版社，2008年。
[Gu, Kansheng, ed. Principles of Marxist Philosophy. Chengdu: Press of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 2008.]
托马斯·库恩：《科学革命的结构》，金吾伦、胡新和译。北京：北京大学出版社，2003年。
[Kuhn, Thomas. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Trans. Jin Wulun and Hu Xinhe. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2003.]
李卫华：“试析《喧哗与骚动》的多角度叙述方式”，《名作欣赏》 1（2001）：107—110。
[Li, Weihua. “On the Multiple Foci of Narration in The Sound and the Fury.” Masterpieces Review 1 (2001): 107-110.]
刘象愚、杨恒达、曾艳兵主编：《从现代主义到后现代主义》。北京：高等教育出版社，2002年。
[Liu, Xiangyu, Yang Hengda and Zeng Yanbing, eds. From Modernism to Postmodernism. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2002.]
让—弗朗索瓦·利奥塔尔：《后现代状态》，车槿山译。北京：三联书店，1997年。
[Lyotard, Jean-Francois. The Postmodern Condition. Trans. Che Jinshan. Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 1997.]
马克思、恩格斯：《马克思恩格斯选集》第4卷。中共中央马克思恩格斯列宁斯大林著作编译局。北京：人民出版社，1995年。
[Marx, Karl and F Engels. Selected Works of Marx and Engels. Vol. 4. Ed. The CPC Central Translation and Compilation Bereau of the Works by Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin. Beijing: People’s Publishing House, 1995.]
孟宪鸿主编：《简明哲学辞典》。武汉：湖北辞书出版社，1987年。
[Meng, Xianhong, ed. A Concise Dictionary of Philosophy. Wuhan: Hubei Lexicographic Publishing House, 1987.]
里蒙—凯南：《叙事虚构作品》，姚锦清等译。北京：三联书店，1989年。
[Rimmon-Kenan, Slomish. Narrative Fiction. Trans. Yao Jinqing. Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 1989.]
谭君强：《叙事学导论：从经典叙事学到后经典叙事学》。北京：高等教育出版社，2008年。
[Tan, Junqiang. Introduction to Narratology: From Classical Narratology to Postclassical Narratology. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2008.]
伍蠡甫主编：《现代西方文论选》。上海：上海译文出版社，1983年。
[Wu, Lifu, ed. Selected Essays of Western Modern Literary Theory. Shanghai: Shanghai Translation Press, 1983.]
杨义：《中国叙事学》。北京：人民出版社，1997年。
[Yang, Yi. Chinese Narratology. Beijing: People’s Publishing House, 1997.]
余源培等编著：《哲学辞典》。上海：上海辞书出版社，2009年。
[Yu, Yuanpei, et al., eds. A Dictionary of Philosophy. Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographic Publishing House, 2009.]

[1]	Zhu Tianhua. From Textual Experiments to Experimental Texts: Expressive Repetition in “Artificial Intelligence Literature” [J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2021, 41(5): 140-147.
[2]	Marjorie Perloff. Microreading/Microwriting [J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2019, 39(3): 169-.