生命存在的无常与无奈——对《边城》“故事悲剧性”因由的阐释

The changeability and helpless the life existed — explain the original reason of the tragedy of“ The Border of a Town”

文章结合《边城》的故事文本，从沈从文其人及其创作《边城》时的具体情景入手，将《边城》“故事悲剧性”的因由阐释为：缘于作家沈从文对生命存在之无常之无奈的思想观念，并认为这种思想观念既有沈从文对个体生命存在的无常与无奈的感慨，同时还隐含着他对湘西故土上的人们——群体生命存在之无常之无奈的悲悯与痛苦。

The novel“ The Border of a Town” written by Shen Congwen presents a tragic story before us,so the exploration of the reason of this tragedy often receives people’ s attention and is frequently attended to.Combining with the text of the story and starting with Shen Congwen’ s personal condition and specific situation in which he began the creation of the novel,the author of this paper attributes the original reason of the tragedy to Shen Congwen’ s idea of which he thought the existence is changeable as well as helpless.Further more,the author thinks that this idea not only expresses Shen Congwen’ s indignation about the changeability and helpless of individual existence,but also imply his pity and agony on the changeability and helpless of community existence of the people back in his hometown,the west of Hu’ nan province.