“朦胧诗”:历史的伪概念

"Obscure Poetry" :A False Concept Formed in History

上世纪以"朦胧诗"的命名异军突起,并成为"新诗潮"标志的新秀之作发源于"文革"时期的"地下诗坛",经民刊《今天》涌流而出,继80年代的一场轰轰烈烈的"崛起"之争后被广为接受。但"朦胧"称谓本身就是一个混淆公众视听的含混指涉,遮蔽了新诗形成的历史细节和精神特质。作为一种语言叛逆的形式,眷念现代文明的一代"知青"铤而走险开创了一个自我救赎的诗歌世界,以此来对抗压制他们的时代。所谓"朦胧诗",其文脉上可追溯"今天派"及前驱"白洋淀诗群",下可延至"先锋派"和"新生代",文本意义上的"朦胧诗"并不存在,它只是沿用至今的一个历史的伪概念。

The new poems, first published in ＂Today＂ Magazine, have stayed in the public memory with the name ＂obscure poetry＂ after the debate on the poetry-surge in the eighties. But the obscure atmosphere of the underground literature had cleared away before ＂the blood red sun rose from the bullet hole of the stars＂. If we separate the stream of ＂obscure poetry＂ into the upstream of the ＂today-school＂ and the downstream of the ＂avant-garde＂, then ＂obscure poetry＂ in the textual meaning did not exist at all. The famous ground-shaking debate thirty years ago in the literary circle talked about the past of ＂the Cultural Revolution＂ and started the free style of the new poetry. This paper is based on a wide range of historical material and tries to lift the obscure veil of ＂obscure poetry＂. It explores comprehensively the origin and stream of the ＂today-school＂, analyses its historical ambiguity and spiritual intention and draws the conclusion that the so-called ＂obscure poetry＂ is a false concept formed in history but still in use today.