苍凉的精神故乡——论沈从文小说《萧萧》的悲剧意蕴

A Bleak Spiritual Hometown——On the Tragic Tones ofXiao Xiao by Shen Cong-wen

沈从文的短篇小说《萧萧》艺术地再现了一种前现代的混混沌沌的生活方式。在理性的观照下,这种生活方式并非乐园。但在现代化大潮的冲击下,那种近乎人类童年时期的生活状态已经无可奈何的走入了历史。而怀旧是人类根深蒂固的情结,因此《萧萧》在读者心中引发的就不仅仅是悲悯之情,也是一缕具有苍凉意味的乡愁。

XiaoXiao,by Shen Cong-wen,artistically represents the readers with a depraved pre-modern living style.From a rational view,this kind of living was not a paradise.And impacted by the tide modernization,such childhood-like living style would no longer exist.As nostalgia is always a deep-rooted emotion of human,XiaoXiao not only arouses the readers sympathy but also a bleak sense of homesickness.