“重述神话”中自由与秩序的困惑——论《青蛇》与《人间》对“白蛇传”的“神话重述”

Green Snake and The World:The Confusion of Freedom and Order in Rewording Myth

作为同一神话传说"白蛇传"的"神话重述",李碧华的《青蛇》与李锐的《人间》在依据原神话题材的基础上做了突破性的尝试。重述过程就是再创作的过程,重述作品也必然带有重述者对现实生活的当下思考。《青蛇》与《人间》对"白蛇传"的演绎是不同的,但两部作品都充满了对自由与秩序的困惑,也正是这一困惑决定了人物的前途命运以及文本的内蕴走向。

As the rewordings of the legend of white snake, Li Bihua＇s Green Snake and Li Rui＇s The World have made innovative attempts on the basis of the original myth. The process of rewording is rewriting. The writers have built the thoughts about the reality into the rewordings. The Green Snake and The World has made different illuminations about The Legend of White Snake, but the confusion about freedom and order is prevailing in these two works, which has decided the fate of the characters and connotation of the works. Taking freedom and order as the thread, this paper makes textual analysis of Green Snake and The World, and summarizes their inspirations for rewording myths.