论艾芜的极限体验及其《南行记》

On Ai Wu's Ultimate Experience and his Journey to the South

艾芜在西南边地的漂泊是一种无意识的生活体验,也是一种极限体验。极限体验使作者能更贴近地了解流浪者的痛苦,促成其短篇小说集《南行记》的成功。艾芜保留了知识分子应有的道德感,对流浪者有所保留和批判。这种批判脱离不了极限体验所带给作者的情感联系和认识上的局限性,也造成了作品风格和创作手法的不统一。

Ai Wu＇s wandering in the bordering areas of southwest China is an unconscious life experience as well as an ultimate experience, The ultimate experience of Ai Wu as a writer enabled him to gain a close undertanding of the wanderers and thus rendering his Journey to the South , a collection of short stories a success. Ai Wu preserves the moral sense of intellectuals while keeping some reservation and criticisms against wanderers. Such criticism is indispensable from the emotions and feelings as well as the cognitive limitations of the author brought by his own ultimate experience. As a result inconsistency in writing style and creative techniques may be seen in the author.