21世纪初长篇小说中的知识分子形象

Intellectuals in the Novels at the Beginning of the 21st Century

新世纪以来,长篇小说中的知识分子形象发生了明显的变异。特别是人文知识分子,他们不再是优越的启蒙者或明道救世的智者。在以知识分子为题材的长篇小说中,情感背叛、愤然出走、灵肉之死等,成为最常见的结局。这当然不是一个历史过程,不是知识分子的必然道路,但为什么在新世纪的开端,这些知识分子形象大都成了新的悲剧主角。为什么这些形象与社会和时代格格不入而被放逐、抛弃或死亡? 本文从不同的方面分析了不同的知识分子形象以及他们结局的文学成因。

Since the new century, the image of intellectuals in the novels has been changed dramatically, particularly that of the humanity intellectuals. They are no longer the superior enlighteners or the wise saviors who know everything about the world. In the novels that take intellectuals as their subject matters, the most frequent endings of the stories are betrayal of love, runaway out of discontentment, and death of both the soul and the body. This of course is not a historical process, not even a path that intellectuals must take. But why have the intellectuals become the new tragic heroes at the beginning of the new century? Why are these intellectuals exiled, abandoned, and even killed because of their incompatibility with society and time? This paper analyzes the different images of different intellectuals and the literary causes for their destinies.