“成长小说”的典型文本——评曹文轩长篇少年小说

The Typical Text of "Juvenile Fictions"

从曹文轩的《根鸟》等几部长篇少年小说,可以看成是我国当代成长小说的典型文本。小说以少年的精神的动态成长为核心,以成长的视角为主视角,并精心设置了成长的引路人的角色,对少年的成长作了形象的阐释。曹文轩通过小说也对成长作出了独特的美的关怀。他的长篇小说可以被看作为中国当代出现的"成长小说"。

Several of Cao Wenxuan＇s novels such as Gen Niao may be considered as the typical contemporary text of initiation stories. The fiction gives a visual elaboration of the growth of the juvenile. What Cao pays close attention to is not only the physiological growth of the juvenile, but also their mental change and maturity. Heroes in his fictions are all in a mentally exploring state. The process of their mental maturity is the process of exploring their selfconsciousness. Cao also shows his unique and aesthetical concern for the growth through the fictions.