在戴维·洛奇的《小世界》中,对圣杯骑士神话结构的借用赋予了文本清晰的追寻母题。然而随着传奇文学的许多重要体裁特征在《小世界》中发生变异,追寻母题也失却了原有的意义,作家把他对意义的怀疑和对欲望追逐的揭露表现在追寻母题的变异之中。本文试图从《小世界》的叙事策略、话语方式以及人物形态等方面出发,揭示洛奇在追寻母题中所表现的对意义的焦虑以及这种焦虑的现实意义。 In David Lodge’s “Little World,” a clear-cut motif of text is given to the borrowing of the mythological structure of the Holy Grail knight. However, as many important genres of legends have changed in the “small world”, the pursuit of motifs has lost its original meaning. The writer shows his doubts about meaning and the disclosure of desire chase in the pursuit of motif variation Among them. This article attempts to reveal the anxiety of meaning, as well as the practical significance of this anxiety expressed by Lodge in his pursuit of motifs, from the narrative strategies, modes of discourse and characters of the “small world”.