情归何处——论90年代以来乡土小说创作的流变

Where Do Sentiments Go?——Trends and Changes of Home Novel Creation Since 1990s

20世纪90年代以来,乡土小说创作与“五四”时期乡土作家们“感时忧国”、“隐现着乡愁”的写实方式不同,对故乡表现出“拒绝”、“仇恨”的情感倾向,营造出了一系列关于故乡的历史神话和反神话,标志着乡土小说创作情感和写作方式的流变。故乡不再是精神的家园和灵魂的寄托,而变成了一种文学性的资源,一种可以诗性抒发和艺术虚构的空间。作家们关注的已不再是故乡的具体内涵,而是对故乡的言说方式。乡土小说创作也从原来的拯民救世的实用性中偏离了出来,走向了主观和抒情性。

Since 1990s, home novel creation has shown a difference from the home novelists during the My 4th Movement who adopted a realistic approach characterized by ＂deeply concerned with the state, emerging with a sense of nostalgia＂. However, a tendency of ＂refusal, hatred＂ feeling towards home that constructs a series of historical myths and anti-myths signals a change in home novel creation sentiment and writing techniques. Home is no longer the home to one＇s spirit and spiritual sustenance. Instead it is the resource for literary creation and a space where poetics can be brought into full play and art can be hypothesized. What writers are concerned is not about the concrete implications of home but about a way of narrating home. Home novel creation thus deviates from the previous practicality of saving the world and moves towards subjectivity and emotion expression.