无法淹没的日常生活——重读萧也牧的《我们夫妇之间》

Never-submerged Daily Life——Re-reading Xiao Yemu's Between My Wife and Me

中国当代文学在很长一段时间内,以宏大叙事作为文学创作的最高范式。萧也牧的《我们夫妇之间》突破了这一范式。一是打破重大题材与非重大题材的区分,选取了"家务事、儿女情"为题材,二是在人物塑造上,知识分子不再是反面或次要角色,而是与工农干部一样成为作品的主角。《我们夫妇之间》专注于被"大历史"所忽略的日常生活,鲜活生动,显示出凡俗人生的普遍性与永恒性,而作者因此而发生的命运逆转,令人惋惜与深思。

Chinese contemporary literature, for a long time, has regarded grand narration as the highest paradigm of literature, yet Xiao Yemu＇s Between My Wife and Me breaks the paradigm by firstly breaking the distinction between major themes and non-major themes, that is, ＂family life＂ and ＂ Love＂ are selected as the plot, and secondly breaking the selection of characters, that is, intellectual are no longer regarded as negative or secondary roles, but the main character as cadres, workers and peasants. Between My Wife and Me focuses on the daily life ignored by history and describes it so vividly as to show the universahty and etemality of secular life. Consequently, it is lamentable that the author reversed his fate because of this novel.