民间精神与荒诞的权力运作机制——论刘震云《我不是潘金莲》的叙事伦理

On Liu Zhenyun's Narrative Ethics in I Am not Pan Jinlian

刘震云持之以恒地关注权力对人性、对社会生活的深刻影响。他最新的长篇小说《我不是潘金莲》中,被权力挟持的荒诞生活更是被他提升到一种寓言化、传奇化的境界。在游刃有余、幽默迭出、清简传神的明清话本风格般的叙述中,刘震云展示了敢于担当的民间精神对荒诞社会的不公不义的反抗,暴露出了社会的权力运作机制的荒诞性,从而逼迫人们深入反思当今社会的可能出路。这无疑是富有启示性的叙事伦理指向。

Liu Zhenyun has paid persistent attention to the profound impact of power on humanity and social life. In his latest novel I Am not Pan Jinlian, the absurd life coerced by power has been upgraded to an allegorized and legendary state. In the exquisite, humorous and simple but expressive narrative characteristic of story-telling scripts in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Liu Zhenyun has demonstrated the revolt of the responsible folk spirit against the injustice of the absurd society, and exposed the absurdity of the power operation mechanism in society, thus having compelled people to further reflect on the possible outlet for today＇ s society, which is definitely of illuminat- ing narrative ethics orientation.