关于民间叙事困境的思考——以莫言小说《蛙》为例

Analysis of the Predicament in Folk Narration——Taking Mo Yan's Novel Frog as the Example

在小说《蛙》中,莫言延续了《檀香刑》中的民间立场与知识分子立场的对话,借此凸显出民间叙事的优势。小说民间叙事的特点表现为:提供另一种历史文本;展现文化的多元性。但是在面对政治意识形态和消费主义时,民间叙事有时显得力不从心、左右为难,这正是莫言的民间叙事无法规避的困境。

In his novel Frog, Mo Yan insists the dialogue between the intellectual and the folk which has already expressed in his Tan Xiang Xing. Therefore, readers can recognize the advantage of folk narration. The folk narration in the novel has two characteristics., introducing a different history text and presenting the diversity of cultures. However, when facing the politics and consumerism, folk narration becomes embarrassed sometimes. It is a predicament in Mo Yaffs folk narration.