还乡:延宕的心灵抵达——论阎连科的农民军人题材小说《中士还乡》

Returning Home:A Delaying Arrival of the Heart:Yan Lianke's Novel "The Sergeant's Returning Home"

从"还乡"维度考察阎连科的早期小说《中士还乡》,主人公"农民军人"的复合身份所暗含的角色冲突使其面临两难选择,企图以归根完成身份重拾却使得灵肉分离。这种还乡造成的心灵延宕不仅折射出作者早期创作中心态的矛盾与困惑,也预示了"还乡"精神线索在其后来作品中演变与转折的轨迹。

To study Yan Lianke＇s early novel,＂The sergeant＇s returning home＂,from the dimension of returning home,role conflicts which implicated in peasant soldiers＇ composite identity make the protagonist face the dilemma of choice,but the attempt to complete identity restoration by returning home has lead him to the separation between his body and soul.The mental delay which caused by returning home not only reflects the mentality contradictions and confusion in Yan Lianke＇s early works,but also indicates the trace that the spirit clue of returning home would evolution and change in his subsequent creation.