On Western Contemporary Space Narrative Theory

In narrative area, time and space are two indispensable two factors. However, the time is in the medium and long term relationship with space occupying the main position, the narrative theorists also devoted greatly warm attention to time; space in narrative field didn't get the attention it deserves. Until the early twentieth century, western modern novels were influenced by the social environment and philosophy, psychology, linguistics, geography, whose academic development changed. Its narrative mode begins to turn linear narrative to space narration, Space in narrative theory, also gradually get attention.Spacialization narration theory also more and more become a hot topic. This essay attempts to from three aspects launched research on this problem.The first part is a narrative theory discussed the relationship of time and space. The construction of space narrative theory is based on the timeliness of narrative on the basis of deconstruction. The traditional narrative theory lays special emphasis on time factor. So linear narrative of western literature mainly in the western culture in long-term occupying mainstream position. And in contemporary narrative, time and space relation in greater change, time of shows space the situation. Meanwhile, the orientation, the narrative time unitary is broken, linear narrative also began toward space narrative development. Time and space is the indispensable two latitude narrative, leaving time talking about space, leave space are superficial. Only a thorough understanding of time and space, the relationship between the narrative narrative theory can better grasp the trend.The second part is the theory of this source of narrative space. The space narrative theory of 20th century steering is since the development of various disciplines is closely linked. Later the modern geography and physics, as a representative of the natural sciences presents the time space of melt, the psychology of time within the field of research and transformation to represented by language philosophy of the humanities space for space narration to the theory construction of produced direct or indirect impact, is space of narration theory construct theoretical source.The third part focuses on the theory of western contemporary space narration, this also is the main contents in the innovation of this paper.Western contemporary space narration theory, spatial narrative environment, spatial narrative language, spatial narrative structure and the readers who are able to grasp the space forms of text are inseparable. Spatial narrative environment is an entity environment and an imaginary environment. The space they show is not only a place, geographical location, entity building... More important, it reflects the subject's psychological space, emotional experience. It is the environment which has the space metaphor features. About spatial narrative language, this article does not mean the language itself is spatial, but it means it is as the main media narratives of western modern fiction in conform to the creative process. The novelists use all kinds of narrative methods of linear narrative procedures; break causal logic relationship disrupted the linear characteristics to make the language itself show the situation so as to the space literary text presents space form provides a possibility. They get out of the despair that the contemporary narrative shows in the language. On the one hand, spatial narrative structure refers to all kinds of space forms literary texts show on the whole, and space structure itself is a "significant form". On the other hand it is about how materials woven a spatial structure, apposition, stream of consciousness, heart monologue to such narrative methods aplenty flooded the beginning, development and climax, the end of the linear narrative. Time is changed into space. The time in space presents spatial narrative structure. The reader is a very important factor in the theory of spatial narration. Spatial narrative environment, narrative language, narrative structure all need the reader to understand and grasp with a greatly patience by repeatedly reading.In short,The contemporary western narrative theory of space of time with steering is associated with the deconstruction of time, and it is associated with the deconstruction of logos centralism. But the theory of the deconstruction of time and the reconstruction of space does not mean it puts away time. Time and space are two important and indispensable dimensions in the contemporary narrative theory. Only fully understand and grasp the relationship of time and space, can we grasp the contemporary narrative theory trend...