凌叔华的英文自传体小说《古韵》是以作者童年生活为背景创作而成的,其中几乎全篇使用了儿童视角作为主要的叙述角度。作者在小说中似乎穿越了时空,化身为童年时代的自己,漫步在人生之初的生命轨迹上,用舒缓的节奏、精致的韵律重新演奏了一支古曲,古韵新吟,既喜且忧。凌叔华的《古韵》显然不属于一般的自传体小说,整部小说的叙述时间虽然大致是按照主人公从小到大的成长顺序排列的,但是具体的篇章设置却是以作者的主观情感为依 Ling Shuhua’s autobiographical novel “Gu Yun” is based on the author’s childhood life as its background. Almost all children’s perspectives were used as the main narrative angle. In the novel, the author seems to have crossed the space and time, transformed himself into childhood and strolled through the life trajectory at the beginning of his life. He re-played an ancient song and a new rhyme with a soothing rhythm and exquisite rhythm, . Ling Shuhua’s “ancient rhyme” obviously does not belong to the general autobiographical novels, although the narrative time of the whole novel is generally arranged in the order of the growth of the protagonist from small to large, but the specific chapter setting is based on the author’s subjective feelings