本文从叙事学角度分析《玫瑰门》如何利用现代性叙事顺序成功塑造司猗汶的“恶母”形象。它在二十世纪初到二十世纪末的时间跨度上建立时间倒叙的回溯式结构,在大的回溯结构中又镶嵌着几个小的回溯式结构,逐层揭示了“恶母”形象“是什么”及“为什么是”的复杂性和悲剧性,使读者感受到丰富的审美体验。 This article analyzes from the angle of narratology how Rose Gate succeeded in creating the image of “evil mother” by using modern narrative order. It established the retrospective structure of time flashback in the span of time from the early twentieth century through the end of the twentieth century. In the large retrospective structure, it embeds several small retrospective structures, revealing one by one the “evil mother” image is “ What ”and“ why is ”the complexity and tragedy, so that readers feel a rich aesthetic experience.