“改造民族灵魂”的创作情怀——从萧红小说创作题材说起

On Creative Thoughts and Feelings of Reforming National Soul——some points about Xiao Hong's theme

崛起于20世纪30年代文坛的萧红,创作伊始就回避了令她一生颠沛流离的爱情婚姻题材,而把笔触伸向底层劳动人民和残酷现实的苦难,带着北方农民的粗悍和塞外荒原的泥土气息,向“五四”以来鲁迅倡导的“敢于正视淋漓的鲜血,敢于直面惨淡的人生”的现实主义靠拢,自觉地承担起鲁迅的改造民族灵魂的重担。萧红选择的正是最能反映生活本质和时代需要并渗进了“改造民族灵魂”创作情怀的题材,故乡的情绪记忆、“梦回呼兰河”的家园意识和“改造民族灵魂”的创作思想,在萧红小说创作中得到完满的交融和统一,使其创作焕发出绚丽光彩,使其思想艺术达至高峰。

At the beginning of her writing, Xiao Hong eva(?)ed those love and marriage subjects, which made her lead a vagrant life, instead she focused her attention on the misery of the working people from the bottom and the misery of the cruel reality. Generally speaking, Xiao Hong's works mainly talk about the awkward predicaments of the workwomen, the rural li(?)e in Northeast and the combination of rural life with her own life. All of these factors are involved in her creative theme-reforming the national soul.