Abstract:Epiphany, in narrative, seems to be the opposite of pace. Pace is a narrative’s large forward temporal movement; epiphany, its temporary timelessness. Pace extends chronologically from past toward future; epiphany lingers in an eternal present. Is there no coexistence of these two narrative phenomena? No movement of pace in epiphany, no epiphanic presence in pace? At stake in these questions is nothing less than the relation of the two dominant historical forces of “modern” fiction: realism and modernism.

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步调与顿悟

摘要：在叙述中，突然显现似乎与步伐相反。步调是叙事的大前移。顿悟，其短暂的永恒。步调从过去到未来按时间顺序延伸；顿悟绕在永恒的礼物中。这两种叙事现象没有共存吗？顿悟中没有速度的移动，步伐中没有显性的存在吗？这些问题最关键的是“现代”小说的两种主要历史力量之间的关系：现实主义和现代主义。