重写历史:民族/国家认同的权力实践——中国建国初期小说历史叙事论之一

Rewriting History: the Power Practice on Nation or State Identification

无论历史的书写还是书写的历史,作为一种权力,在实际操作上都相当于对于记忆的重新建构。中国建国之初小说对于历史的重新书写,正是依循无产阶级的审美/伦理原则,试图使民众体验到这个国家/民族同他们在情感上的亲密联系。在此,历史话语作为"善"的力量,显示出了它不可替代的价值。

Writing history or history written, as a power, is in essence equal to reconstruction of memory. The novels at the early stage after the founding of the new China, were written in the proletarian aesthetical and ethical principles, trying to make the public experience their close emotional relationship with their nation or state. Therefore, historical discourse shows its irreplaceable value as a kind of 'benevolent' power.