反“史诗性”:文学转型中的历史叙述(下)

Anti-epic: the Historic Narrative in Literary Transition

在中国当代历史题材和革命历史题材的小说创作中 ,“史诗性”是个极为重要的概念 ,但在 80～ 90年代的文学中 ,反史诗性是先锋文学和新历史小说解构宏大叙事的基本策略之一 ,它构成了中国当代文学转型中别一种历史叙述。本文论述了反史诗性的三个主要表现 :质疑客观真实、颠覆英雄神话和消解庄重风格 ;主要结合新历史小说 ,论析了文学转型中小说家的历史观念和审美观念的转变。

Of epic feature'is always a very important code in the fiction creation of modern Chinese historic and revolutionary subject matter. But in the 1980-1990's,'anti-epic' became the basic strategy for modernists and new-historic novelists to deconstruct the 'grand narrative',and thus formed the special historic narrative in the transition of modern Chinese literature.This thesis studies the three main characteristics of the 'anti-epic'style:questioning the objective reality, subverting the heroic legends and deconstructing the grand style.Focusing on the new-historic novels, this thesis also analyzes the change of the novelists in their historic and aesthetic views in the transition of literature.