在文本的冲突中——读莫言的《蛙》及其他

In the Conflict of Text——A Review of Frog and Other Works

莫言的《蛙》因为涉及"计划生育"而一度引起争议,但无论题材选择还是政治立场都与文学叙事的成就没有多少联系。对于这部小说,我们应该关注的是,它在不质疑"计划生育"合理性的同时,又对人的生育本能问题给予了极大尊重,并由此引发出叙述上的各种悖论。小说既有对革命文本的戏仿而表现出后革命意味,又有对科学主义话语的警醒而深具人文关怀的气质。同时,还有对计划和市场两个不同时代语境中实施"计划生育"政策的思考,而从这三个维度探究其内在冲突,则构成了这篇札记的主要内容。

The novel Frog by Mo Yan was once controversial because it touched on'family planning'.However,both theme selection and political standpoint have very little to do with the achievement of literary narration.What we should focus on is how it shows great respect for the intuition of birth without challenging the rationality of'family planning',thus initiating various contradictions in narration.The novel both displays a post-revolutionary tone by imitating revolutionary text and has profound disposition of humanistic care alarmed by scientist discourse.Meanwhile,it reflects the implement of'family planning'in different contexts of planned economy and market economy.This article attempts to explore the intrinsic conflict from the above three perspectives.