作为一部发展小说和具有强烈自传体色彩的小说,《一个青年艺术家的画像》叙述了青年艺术家斯蒂芬?迪达拉斯的成长历程。乔伊斯在书中多处使用了重复叙述手法。这主要包括对分层结构的重复,对内心思想、对话等的重复。这些重复既体现在总体结构上,也体现在文本内容方面。它们既是斯蒂芬对传统线性文本和真实世界的重构,又是对过去的重新记忆,也是内心自我对外在世界的重新体验。重复叙述模仿了心理现实以及斯蒂芬的记忆过程,也表现了斯蒂芬的理解过程。其中的分层叙述还邀请读者参与到文本中来。另外,书中出现的一些重复叙述还形象地表现了斯蒂芬的情感状态以及他对自我的探求。
As a Bildungsroman and largely autobiographical novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man nar-rates the growth of a to -be artist, Stephen Dedalus.Joyce uses a lot of repeating narration.That includes the rep-etition of layered structure, inner thoughts, dialogues, etc.Such repetition can be seen both from the overall struc-ture and the content of the text.The repeating narratives serve as Stephen's reconstruction of the traditional linear text and the real world, re -memory of the past and re -experience of outside world from his inner self.They mim-ic the psychological reality and the memory of Stephen, represents the understanding process of Stephen.The lay-ered narration invites the participation of the readers.Besides that, they also vividly express the emotions of Ste-phen and his quest for himself.