徘徊在神话的建构与解构之间——评苏童的新作《碧奴》

The Myth that Hesitates between Construction and Destruction——Comment on Bi Nu by Su Tong

苏童通过将孟姜女神话改写成小说《碧奴》的实践,在如何重述神话上作了有益的尝试和探索。苏童的本意是,尊重神话、重新建构而不是颠覆或解构神话。但他这种行为总是显得力不从心——一方面他要建构神话,另一方面,不论从文本层面还是从语言层面来看,都难免走上解构神话的道路。因而从某种程度上看,《碧奴》呈现出苏童在建构与解构孟姜女神话之间徘徊的犹豫姿态。

By turning the myth of Meng Zhang-nv into the novel Bi Nu, Su Tong made a beneficial try to reconstruct the myth. By doing so he wished to reconstruct the myth, rather than destruct it. However, the writer failed. In his attempt to construct the myth, Su Tong found it hard to avoid the process of destruction. So, to some extent, the novel of Bi Nu shows the hesitating attitude that Su Tong took between construction and destruction.