本文擬由後設小說觀點探討蕾莘的作品《金色筆記》。本文詮釋的模式主要分為三類：結構、語言及讀者定位。旨在討論真相與虛構的界線、語言的不確定性、環套結構、諧擬策略以及讀者與作者、文本之間的互動性。

後設小說常運用顛覆讀者習以為常的傳統閱讀習慣。藉以揭露作者之虛擬創作過程，突顯創作的虛構性，無涉真實人生。《金色筆記》不論在內容及題旨上皆敏銳反應此種高度自覺意識，拒絕讓讀者耽溺在作者編織的想像空間裡。藉由諧擬傳統的文類，一方面使讀者不致產生強大的拒斥感；另一方面又刻意使讀者的期待落空，藉此逼迫讀者跳脫閱讀文本的被動習性，進而成為另類文本創作的開端。

This thesis attampts to probe into Doris Lessing's most

renowned work, ~u2;The Golden Notebook~u1;, in the context of metafiction writing. The main body of the thesis is divided into three main parts--language, structure, and the role of the reader. The main concern of this paper is to discuss the division between truth and illusion, the indeterminacy of language, the Chinese box structure, the device of parody, and interrelationship between author, reader and text. By questioning the issue that the reader is habitually used to be passive and by laying bare the process of writing, the metafictionist fictions manifest the fact that the fictional world tends to be a fictive construct rather than a duplication of a real world. Formally and thematically, ~u2;The Golden Notebook~u1;, reflects the spirit of self-consciousness, preventing the reader from being immersed in the fictional world fabricated by the author. By parodying the conventional novels, ~u2;The Dolden Notebook~u1; at first provides the sense of familiarity to lessen the anxiety of the reader; and then it

attempts to frustrate his/her expectation by making the text in an unconventional way. In so doing, the role of the readercan be transformed from a passive consumer into an active This thesis attampts to probe into Doris Lessing's most participant. renowned work, the Golden Notebook~u1;, in the context of metafiction writing. The main body of the thesis is divided into three main parts--language, structure, and the role of the reader. The main concern of this paper is to discuss the division between truth and illusion, the indeterminacy of language, the Chinese box structure, the device of parody, and interrelationship between author, reader and text.

By questioning the issue that the reader is habitually used to be passive and by laying bare the process of writing, the

metafictionist fictions manifest the fact that the fictional

world tends to be a fictive construct rather than a duplication of a real world. Formally and thematically, ~u2;The Golden Notebook~u1;, reflects the spirit of self-consciousness, preventing the reader from being immersed in the fictional world fabricated by the author. By parodying the conventional novels, ;The Dolden Notebook at first provides the sense of familiarity to lessen the anxiety of the reader; and then it attempts to frustrate his/her expectation by making the text in an unconventional way. In so doing, the role of the readercan be transformed from a passive consumer into an active participant and creator.

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