Narrative Distance · 叙事距离
| English | 中文 | Pinyin · 拼音 |
|---|---|---|
| Narrative distance/ˈnærətɪv ˈdɪstəns/ | 叙述距离 | xù shù jù lí |
| Stream of consciousness/striːm ɒv ˈkɒnʃəsnəs/ | 意识流 | yì shí liú |
Distance is measurable in four ways
- Narrative distance 叙述距离 refers to the physical distance, chronological distance, relationships, or emotional investment of the narrator to the events or characters.
- Four dimensions, and they move independently.
- A narrator can be in the room and forty years away from the feeling.
A narrator can be miles away and emotionally next door; a map measures only one kind of distance.
距离可以从四个方面度量
- 叙述距离(narrative distance)指的是叙述者与事件或人物之间的物理距离、时间距离、人际关系,或情感投入程度。
- 四个维度,而且它们各自独立变动。
- 一位叙述者可以身在屋中,却与那份感受相隔四十年。
叙述者可以身在千里之外，情感上却像住在隔壁；地图只量得出一种距离。
Select all · 所有 the dimensions of narrative distance the CED names. · 选择 所有 CED 提到的叙事距离维度。
Emotional investment completes the four; vocabulary is diction. · 情感投入完成了这四项；词汇即措辞。
Reading each dimension
- Physical: was the narrator present, nearby, or told about it?
- Chronological: how long after the events is the telling?
- Relationship: what are they to the people involved? Emotional: how much do they have at stake?
读出每一个维度
- 物理的:叙述者是在场、在附近,还是听说的?
- 时间的:讲述发生在事件之后多久?
- 关系的:他们与当事人是什么关系?情感的:他们有多少利害牵涉其中?
The four dimensions of narrative distance always move together. · 叙事距离的四项维度总是共同变化的。
A narrator can be in the room and forty years away from the feeling. · 叙述者可以身处现场，但在情感上却相距四十年。
Stream of consciousness is distance at zero
- Stream of consciousness 意识流 is a type of narration in which a character's thoughts are related through a continuous dialogue or description.
- The word is continuous: there is no gap for the narrator to stand in.
- It is what narration looks like when every kind of distance has been removed at once.
意识流是距离归零
- 意识流(stream of consciousness)是一种叙述方式,人物的思绪通过连续的对白或描述被传达出来。
- 关键词是"连续":没有留给叙述者站立的缝隙。
- 它就是当各种距离被一次性全部撤除后,叙述所呈现的样子。
Which dimension of distance is this? · 这是哪种距离维度？
Sort each detail by the dimension the CED names. · 根据 CED 指出的维度对每个细节进行分类。
Stream of consciousness relates a character's thoughts through... · 意识流通过……来呈现人物的思想
Continuous is the operative word — there is no gap for a narrator to stand in. · 连续是关键——没有留给叙述者介入的间隙。
The four dimensions of narrative distance move independently. A narrator can be physically present, chronologically forty years away, closely related and emotionally detached all at once — so "the narrator is distant" is four different claims collapsed into one.
**叙述距离的四个维度各自独立变动。**一位叙述者可以同时身在现场、在时间上相隔四十年、关系上很亲近,而情感上超然——因此"叙述者是疏远的"这句话,把四个不同的主张压成了一个。
Irony, judgement and pity all need a ____ to happen in. · 反讽、评判和怜悯都需要一个____才能发生。
A narrator standing very close cannot be ironic about what they are inside of. · 站得非常近的叙述者无法对自己内心的感受进行反讽。
Distance is what makes tone possible
- Irony, judgement and pity all need a gap to happen in.
- A narrator standing very close cannot be ironic about what they are inside of.
- So when distance changes mid-story, the tone changes with it — and that is worth writing about.
距离使语气成为可能
- 反讽、评判与怜悯,都需要一道缝隙才能发生。
- 站得极近的叙述者,无法对自己身处其中的东西作出反讽。
- 因此当距离在故事中途发生变化时,语气也随之变化——而这值得一写。
Put the distance pass in order. · 按顺序排列距离检查步骤。
A dimension that moved is a choice, and tone follows distance. · 发生变化的维度是一种选择，而基调跟随距离。
A distance pass
- Rate all four dimensions at the opening: near or far?
- Rate them again at the climax.
- Any dimension that moved is a choice, and the tone will have moved with it.
距离检查
- 在开头处为四个维度各作评估:近还是远?
- 在高潮处再评估一次。
- 任何发生了移动的维度都是一个选择,而语气也会随之移动。
He is in the room (physical: zero), telling it decades later (chronological: far), speaking of his own mother (relationship: closest possible), and describing her death in the same register as the weather (emotional: far). The essay is about the last two disagreeing.
他就在屋里(物理:为零),几十年后才讲述(时间:很远),说的是自己的母亲(关系:最近),却用谈天气的同一种语调描述她的死(情感:很远)。文章要写的,正是后两者之间的抵触。
Narrative distance has four independent dimensions: physical, chronological, relationships, emotional investment. Stream of consciousness relates a character's thoughts through continuous dialogue or description — distance at zero. Distance is what makes tone possible, so a change in distance changes tone.
叙述距离有四个独立维度:物理、时间、人际关系、情感投入。意识流通过连续的对白或描述传达人物的思绪——距离归零。距离使语气成为可能,因此距离的变化会改变语气。