“乡下人”角色认知对沈从文创作的影响

Influence of "Provincialist" Character Recognition over Shen Congwen's Writing Creation

沈从文一生坚持的对自己“乡下人”身份的强调,应该是作家本人理性的自我认知。“乡下人”对于沈从文,代表的不是现实的社会身份,而是对自我存在本质和精神真实的把握。“乡下人”视角使得他的作品呈现出不同于其他启蒙文学的异质特色。在他的湘西世界中,着力表现的是乡下人自然强健的生命活力和自由自在的生命精神,是“人与自然契合”的生命境界。凭借“乡下人”的文化立场和生命体验,沈从文的都市题材作品关注的是都市人作为个体生命的存在状态,是现代文明进程中人性异化的反思,而对生命本体的关注使沈从文的作品具有了厚重的现代性品格。

Shen Congwen kept stressing his social status of “provincialist” through his life, which should be his rational self-recognition. “Provincialist” embodies Shen＇s essence of self-existence and real mentality rather than his realistic social status. The perspective of “ provincialist” presents a different feature of his works with remarkable attractiveness. Shen was intended to describe the provincialists＇ strong but natural vitality in his West Human literary world, and the free spirit of life, which was “ harmony of man and nature”. With the “provincialist“ cultural standing point and life experience, Shen＇s works on urban life were concerned about the existing state of townspeople as an individual life, which was an introspection about humanity alienation in the process of modern civilization, while such concern on the life identity provides Shen＇s works with strong modern quality.