摘要
This paper aims to explore spatial narrative in the Records of the Grand Historian using spatial narrative theory,thereby further studying the multidimensionality and groundbreaking nature of its narrative.Spatial narrative theory originated in the West and is a major theory in the study of novels.This paper applies this theory to the study of the Records of the Grand Historian because its writing style is highly vivid,reminiscent of a novel,and the phrase"The Grand Historian said"also exhibits the characteristic of narrator intervention found in novels.Although the Records of the Grand Historian is not a fictional text,its literary quality is exceptionally outstanding compared to other previous historical works.Furthermore,the Records of the Grand Historian also breaks through linear time and focuses on spatial narrative.Therefore,this paper uses textual research and case study methods to study the spatial narrative in the Records of the Grand Historian.Drawing on the concept of spatial narrative proposed by Chinese scholars and the spatial narrative theories of Foucault and Lefebvre in Western literary theory,this paper explores both the macroscopic spatial narrative in the Records of the Grand Historian and the microscopic spatial narrative in specific chapters of the Records of the Grand Historian.Ultimately,it was concluded that the Records of the Grand Historian is a historical work that transcends the fluidity of time,and is also an extremely exquisite work that combines documentary and literary qualities in terms of spatial narrative.
