未完结的成长——《绿衣亨利》中的另一种启蒙

The Unfinished Growth——The Other Form of Enlightenment in Der Grüene Heinrich

《绿衣亨利》作为晚期成长小说的代表,以其未完结的特质,构成了与传统成长小说之间的最大差异,同时也提示着将要来临的现代主义小说的大潮。其中所体现出来的对启蒙现代性的反思,恰恰突出了来自于德国现代化传统中对审美现代性的特殊青睐。启蒙现代性和审美现代性之间的张力和矛盾是塑造成长小说后续发展模式的重要原因,也是《绿衣亨利》作为一种富有超越性的变体在成长小说发展史上的价值所在。因此,对现代性危机的自觉反思,是成长小说突破自身固有格局的一种潜在动力,也是构成现代成长小说的基本诉求。

Der Gruene Heinrich, as the representative of the late Bildungsroman with its unfinished nature, constitutes the greatest difference with the traditional Bildungsroman. At the same time, it also prompts the tide of the modernist novel. The reflection on the enlightenment modernity precisely reflects the highlight of the Aesthetic Modernity from the German modernization tradition. The tensions and conflicts between the enlightenment modernity and aesthetic modernity is quite the force to shape the fellow mode of the Buildungsroman. It is also the value of Der Gruene Heinrich, which works as a transcendent variation in the develop- ment history of Buildungsroman. Therefore, the self-conscious reflection on the crisis of modernity is a potential force, which breaks through the old pattern of the Buildungsroman, and also constitutes the fundamental aspiration of the modem Bulidungsroman.