现实主义文学创作的传统赓续与现代转型——评陈彦新作《星空与半棵树》

The Continuation and Modern Transformation of Realistic Literary Creation——Review of Chen Yan's New Work Starry Sky and Half a Tree

作为陈彦的又一部现实主义题材小说,《星空与半棵树》延续了陈彦以往的总体性视野,将视点继续聚焦于底层小人物的现实生存以及广阔的人间世情。而其对古典传统资源的借镜,在笔法上又为当代现实主义小说创作开辟了新路——小说的现实场景基本设置在贫穷闭塞的“北斗村”,但却借助通灵的猫头鹰、戏剧等别有意味的“装置”建构了全息性、隐喻性的精神世界。小说以“半棵树”指称“人事”,以“星空”指称“天道”,形而上与形而下的纠缠贯穿始终,旁及生态环保与乡村建设等诸多现实社会问题,由此小说对现实生活的总体性观照达到了一定的广度、深度和高度,同时也拓展了当代现实主义小说创作的边界。

As another realistic novel of Chen Yan,Starry Sky and Half a Tree continues her previous overall vision,focusing on the reality of the bottom of the small people and the vast human world.By borrowing from classical traditional resources,the novel opens up a new way for contemporary realistic novel creation.The realistic scene of the novel is basically set in the poor and isolated"Beidou Village",but it constructs a holographic and metaphorical spiritual world with the help of meaningful"devices"such as psychic owls and dramas.The novel refers to"personnel"with"half a tree"and"heaven"with"starry sky".The metaphysical and physical entanglement runs through the novel,including many earthly social issues such as ecological environmental protection and rural construction.Thus,the overall observation of real life in the novel has reached a certain breadth,depth and height,and also expanded the boundaries of contemporary realistic novel creation.