新世纪城乡关系视域下的“小姐还乡”叙事

Narratives of "Ladies Returning Hometown" from the Perspective of Urban-rural Relations in the New Century

新世纪城市化进程的加速为文学提供了难得的契机,"农民进城"成为新世纪小说最为汹涌的叙事潮流。不过,和现实图景的自然演进一样,每一个进城者都面临着生活和精神上的"还乡"问题,很多作家开始聚焦"还乡"现象。由于"小姐"在城市特殊的生存经历和身份印记,使得"小姐还乡"的故事兼具青楼元素和还乡母题两大特征,在城乡关系视域中蕴藉着更为丰富和深远的意义可能,因此频繁地成为新世纪小说创作的类型架构,并分化为隐匿/排斥、改造/认同、拯救/超越等叙事模式,传递出当前城市化进程中作家更为复杂的城乡话语指向。

Urbanization provides a rare opportunity for literature. Peasant emigrants characterize most of the narratives in the new century. However, as evolution registers in the natural world, every peasant emigrant will be confronted with the issue of ＂returning hometown＂ physically as well as spiritually. Due to their special living experience and ＂marked＂ identity, ＂ladies＂ become the focus of this type of narratives. Brothel life and returning hometown compose the two most outstanding elements of the stories labeled as ＂ladies returning hometown＂, which can actually more sophisticatedly reveal the urban-rural relations and hence becoming the prototype for literary creations in the new century. This type of story takes on the narrative patterns of ＂obscurity and alienation＂, ＂reformation and identification＂, ＂salvation and transcendence＂, etc., portraying the writer＇s discourse orientation in interpreting urban-rural relations in the process of urbanization.