Personal Portrait and Social Picture:The Spatial Narrative Structure in Les Années
Les Années seems like a work recording the passing of time,but it has actually constructed a stereoscopic spatial structure by the narrative techniques such as flashback,repetition,spatial juxtaposition,transformation of perspective,etc.,which vividly outlines Annie Ernaux's personal portrait and the social environment she belongs to,aiming to demonstrate spiritual predicament of modern French.The spatial narrative art contained in the novel is helpful to understand the spatial narrative theory of Joseph Frank,Gabriel Zoran,etc.Meanwhile,the spatial narrative theory can further reveal how Ernaux employs the literary genre of impersonal autobiography to restore real history and revive the collective memory of her generation,so as to confront spiritual crisis as well as to find identity and the sense of belonging.