“戏”海无边苦作舟——读方方的《水在时间之下》

The Boundless Suffering of "Play" ——On Fangfang's novel Water Under the Time

方方的长篇小说《水在时间之下》透过戏子、女性的双重视角,对传统中国社会女戏子的生存境遇做了剖析和反思。历史与真实、现实与舞台的多重世界交错,注定了小说人物几乎命定的悲剧。他们传承传统文化却备受文化的戕害。因此,水上灯的反抗代表着女性在同命运、男权反抗中由不自觉到自觉的女性意识成长历程。

By the dual perspective of actress＇and female, Fangfang＇s novel Water Under the Time analyses and reflects the actress＇living circumstances in traditional Chinese society. The multiple world interlaces ： history and reality, the stage and history, which means that the characters in the novel are almost doomed destiny tragedy. They transmit the traditional culture, meanwhile, they are deeply hurt by the culture. Therefore, the revolt of the actress Shuishangdeng demonstrates the growing process of female consciousness from uncon sciously to consciously during the course of fighting against the fate and male.