论《边城》的生命形式及其消解

On life form and its dispelling of "The Remote Town"

《边城》最为集中地表现出沈从文的生命理想,寄托着他对理想生命形式的热切期望。小说一方面对故事发生的时间处理得非常模糊,另一方面对故事发生的空间即环境却处理得异常分明,通过这种特殊的时空处理方式构筑起一种具有理想色彩的生命形式。这使边城在小说中具有整体象征的意味。同时,在《边城》的深层意义结构中,还存在着一个理想生命形式的消解模式,这表明沈从文游移于理想与现实之间难以言说的矛盾心态。

＂The Remote Town＂strongly displays Shen Cong-wen＇ ideal life , in which he implied his earnest expectation of the ideal life form. In the novel , the time when the story occurred is extremely vague. On the other hand, the space or environment of the story is particularly distinct. The novel establishes a kind of ideal life form through this special way in dealing with space and time, which makes the town a perfect symbol of his ideal. Meanwhile, there is a pattern which dispels the form of ideal life in the inner significant structure. This indicates the inexpressible and contradictory psychological state, which also reveals the fact that Shen Cong-wen who waved between the ideal and the reality.