《艳阳天》:“传统”与“革命”的融合

Bright Sunny Skies:The Fusion of “Tradition” and “Revolution”

《艳阳天》吸收了中国传统小说的通俗元素,将传统的"英雄与美人"、"公案与侦探"、"正义与邪恶"的母题与现代革命的主题嫁接起来,合作化事业的领路人和革命伴侣取代了传统的"英雄与美人",萧长春对马小辫杀害小石头一案的侦破借鉴了传统公案与侦探小说的叙事技巧,两大阶级的斗争,被置换成正邪、善恶上的道德冲突。用传统的形式来讲述现代革命的故事,使《艳阳天》成为在政治上受推崇、在读者中受欢迎的作品。

Bright Sunny Skies absorbs common factors of Chinese traditional novels and connects the themes of ＂heroes and beauties＂, ＂complicated legal cases and detectives＂, ＂justice and evil＂ with modern revolutions. The leaders of cooperative business and revolutionary companions replace tradi- tional heroes and beauties. The settlement of the case of Ma Xiaobian＇s murdering Xiaoshitou draws lessons from the narrative techniques of traditional intricate legal cases and detective novels. Struggles between two classes are displaced into moral conflicts between justice and evil, good and evil. Bright Sunny Skies narrates a modern story in the form of traditional novels, which makes it a politically praised literary works and popular among readers.