由敘事解析《兒女英雄傳》中「插話」之作用與意義

Analysis of functions and meaning of inserted remarks in the Story of Child Heroes in a narrative perspective

《兒女英雄傳》是一部膾炙人口的評話體小說，流傳甚廣，評論者亦多。本文嘗試從說書人、書中人、聽書人、作書人的多元視角切入文本，欲探究這些寫法技巧對整部書構成的影響，並將文中豐富的插話，依敘事內容，加以歸納分類為指點式插話、補充式插話、解釋性插話、評價性插話，進而審視說書者的插話在《兒女英雄傳》中的所造就的文學意義和價值。最後確定說書人在《兒女英雄傳》中的眾多插話，讓「小說又透過敘事觀點的設計，進一步增強作品的藝術魅力」取得畫龍點睛之妙，增加小說向度，呈現作者寫作手法的高超，成就《兒女英雄傳》的文學價值，所以在評論《兒女英雄傳》時，說書人的插話是有其重要地位的。

”The Story of Child Heroes” is a widespread novel in storytelling style. It is of great popularity and has been reviewed by numerous scholars. This article tries to analyze the novel from multiple perspectives-toryteller, story figures, audience and writer, and explore the influence of the writing techniques used on the novel. Also, the novel’s plentiful inserted remarks are classified into advice, complimentary, explanatory, and review remarks according to their content to examine the literary significance and value contributed by the storyteller's remarks in the novel. Lastly, it is recognized that the abundant remarks in the novel ”further boosts the work's art charm through the writer's design of various narrative perspectives” to bring the literary work to life and add many dimensions to it. Besides, these remarks demonstrate the writer's excellent writing techniques and contribute to the literary value of the work. Therefore, the storyteller's remarks are considered vital in reviews on ”the Story of Child Heroes.”.