“先行结构”与理解的作用

理解指读者对文学作品的理解和解释,＂先行结构＂指制约着读者自己对文学作品的理解和解释的＂前理解＂,向新的理解和解释开放的可能性可以使读者投入思考,从而赋与作品深刻丰富的内涵。海明威的短篇小说《雨里的猫》可以从这两个方面入手解读与阐释,其中的空白点,需要读者在阅读过程中填充。

On the Function of"Pre-Structure"and Understanding

Understanding refers to readers’comprehension and interpretation on literary works.Pre-structure stands for the pre-understanding restricting readers’own comprehension and interpretation on literary works.From those two perspectives,this article puts a new interpretation on modern and post-modern literary works,especially on Hemingways’ short story Cat in the Rain.