文学叙事中的赛金花

Sai Jinhua in Literary Narratives

文学叙事中的历史人物负载着历史文化传统、话语讲述年代以及叙述者个人的观念和情趣。清末名妓赛金花作为一个不断被整合的符码,一个世纪以来人们对其形象与意义作出了相距甚远的叙述与阐释。这些形态各异、色彩斑斓的赛金花形象投射着时代主流话语的变迁以及叙述者社会地位、性别身份的差异。

Historical figures in literary narratives are loaded with historical cultural tradition, ideology and sentiments of the then narrators. Sai jinhua, the famous prostitute in the last years of the Qing Dynasty has been regarded as a code being constantly decoded during the last century with diametrically different conclusions concerning how to interpret her and what her significance is as a literary figure. And these have projected the changes of the mainstream discourses and the differences of the social status and gender identity of the narrators.