Carnival of Narration: Narrative Art in Ge Fei's Avant-garde Novels
Sun Jingpeng
Abstract:Beyond the widely studied narrative gaps, narrative labyrinths, and narrative repetition, GeFei's avant-garde novels consistently deploy three key techniques: metanarration, polyphonic narration,and intertextual narration. While discussions of metanarration in Chinese avant-garde writing oftenfocus on Ma Yuan, Ge Fei likewise adopts this approach in his early works. Similarly, thoughscholarly interpretations of polyphony and intertextuality in Ge Fei's writing usually draw on hispost-transformation period, these strategies are already at work in his avant-garde novels. In craftingthese works, Ge Fei freely orchestrates all six techniques-allowing diverse styles to coexist, multiplevoices to engage in dialogue, and varied narrative forms to alternate dynamically. Such practicereflects not only his enduring commitment to formal experimentation and pursuit of formal freedom,but also the distinctly carnivalesque quality of his narrative art.
Keywords: Ge Fei; Avant-garde Novels; Narrative Strategies; Narrative Art; Camnivalization;Narratology
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