Deep deconstruction and interpretation of the narrative strategies in slaughterhouse-five under the postmodern context
后现代语境下《五号屠场》叙事策略的深度解构与阐释

摘要

美国作家库尔特·冯内古特以独特叙事风格闻名，《五号屠场》是其代表作之一。本文旨在剖析该作品后现代视域下的叙事策略及其意义。通过对文本的深入研读，分析冯内古特在小说中运用的叙事手法，如非线性叙事、元叙事解构与小叙事构建等。研究发现，冯内古特将科幻元素融入战争叙事，打破传统战争叙事模式，展现战争的混乱与个体渺小；通过比利·皮尔格林的经历构建小叙事，体现战争对普通人的创伤；叙述声音冷静疏离，与沉重内容形成反差；人物描写打破英雄形象常规。这些叙事策略反映了战争的残酷荒诞，揭示人类在战争中的存在困境与对自由意志的探索，体现人类精神的韧性与自我救赎努力，为理解战争与人类存在提供新视角，彰显作品深刻思想内涵与独特艺术价值。

Abstract

The American writer Kurt Vonnegut is renowned for his unique narrative style, and "Slaughterhouse-Five" is one of his representative works. This article aims to analyze the narrative strategies and their significance in this work from the postmodern perspective. Through in-depth study of the text, the narrative techniques employed by Vonnegut in the novel are examined, such as non-linear narrative, deconstruction of meta-narrative, and construction of small narratives. The research reveals that Vonnegut incorporates science fiction elements into the war narrative, breaking the traditional war narrative pattern and presenting the chaos of war and the insignificance of the individual. Through the experiences of Billy Pilgrim, small narratives are constructed to reflect the trauma of war on ordinary people. The narrative voice is calm and detached, creating a contrast with the heavy content. The characterization breaks the convention of heroic images. These narrative strategies reflect the cruelty and absurdity of war, reveal the existential dilemma of human beings in war and the exploration of free will, embody the resilience and self-redemption efforts of the human spirit, provide a new perspective for understanding war and human existence, and highlight the profound ideological connotations and unique artistic value of the work.