古典唯美 深闳简约——评著名女作家温皓然的《红楼梦续》

Classical Aestheticism and Profound Simplicity——Review on the Sequels of A Dream of Red Mansions by the Well-known Female Writer Wen Haoran

继著名作家刘心武的探佚续书引发"红楼文化热"以来,2011年似乎成了"《红楼梦》续书年","70后"实力派女作家温皓然又独辟蹊径,融合各类红楼续书模式之长并在此基础上形成自己独特的文化品格。"温续红楼"充分尊重已有红学研究成果,在尽量贴近曹雪芹"原意"、"原笔"以及与清代历史语境基本契合的前提下,续出了时代意义和主体精神,最难能可贵的是她对《红楼梦》终极精神价值的探索,也就是创作主旨的普世化构建,因而她的作品具有深刻的形而上意味;在艺术旨趣上,"温续红楼"还具有佛学梦幻色彩与诗才画笔意境。作为后现代古典主义文学流派的奠基人之一,温皓然的文笔是古典幽美、深闳简约的,同时她又"转益多师",从其作品局部还能品味出类似马尔克斯《百年孤独》"魔幻现实主义"的笔调。可以说,温皓然的《红楼梦续》是两百年来《红楼梦》续书史上最优秀的一部。

Following the ＂Red Mansions cultural fever＂ provoked by the well-known writer Liu Xinwu who continued writing A Dream of Red Mansions,2011 seems to be A Dream of Red Mansions＇ continuing year.Wen Haoran,a talented female writer of 1970s,inventively forms her own unique style on the basis of absorbing good points from various types of A Dream of Red mansions＇ continuing modes.With a full respect to the existed research results,close to Cao Xueqin＇s original intents and thoughts,and basically fitting for the cultural context of the Qing Dynasty,Wen＇s writing adds ＂a sense of the times and main spirit＂.What matters most is her ultimate exploration of the spiritual value of A dream of Red Mansions,that is,the universal building of the creation theme.So her works has a profound metaphysical meaning.In the arts＇ aspect,Wen＇s writing embodies a fantastic Buddhist sense and poetic conception.As one of the founders of post-modern genre of classical literature,Wen Haoran＇s writing style is with classical aestheticism and profound simplicity.She also ＂benefits from many teachers＂,which is reflected from her works a similar taste and tone of magic realism of Marquez＇s Hundred Years of Solitude.It can be said that Wen＇s sequels of A dream of Red Mansions is the best of all the continued versions in two hundred years.