另类小说遭遇尴尬--重读《金翼》

An Embarrassing Text:The Golden Wing,Ethnography or Fiction——Rereading of The Golden Wing

民族志是人类学家展示其学术成果的主要形式。如何撰写民族志引发了当今人类学界的热烈讨论,但无论如何撰写,都应该以不损害民族志的真实性为前提。林耀华先生的《金翼》在民族志文本撰写方面进行了有益的尝试。但是,林先生在追求内容真实性与小说化的叙事过程中,已经使该著作游离于小说与民族志之外,成为一种处于文学创作与人类学研究之外的第三种存在。

Ethnography is the main form for the anthropologists to reveal their academic achievements. How to write ethnography is becoming a hot topic in the field of anthropology. But no matter how one writes his ethnography, he should not harm the authenticity of it. Prof. Lin Yueh-Hwa had taken a valuable attempt in writing The Golden Wing. While in the authors＇ view, Mr. Lin had his work drifted away from fiction and ethnography during the process of pursuing authentic content and fictitious narrative, so his work became“the third type” besides literary creation and anthroDological research.