城乡对立交接中的“死亡传统”——茅盾《子夜》与纳张元《鸡头》的一种比较

“Tradition of Death”in the Town- County Opposition——Comparison between Mao Dun's Midnight and Zhang Yuan's Cock's Head

吴老太爷是茅盾小说《子夜》中的一个重要人物形象,老祖形象则是彝族著名作家纳张元作品集《走出寓言》辑一之《彝山纪事·鸡头》中的主要人物形象。作为传统文化的代言人和持有者,他们都仇视现代都市文明,始终把持顽固不化以及根深蒂固的封建传统思想,并致使自己与世俗世界格格不入。然而,顽固的、冥顽不灵的懦弱性格,环境的变化使他们在接触现代文明时失去了自我文化的保护,他们的悲剧命运终将不可避免。性格上的相似性,以及所处环境的特殊性,使他们在现代社会与传统社会之间存在着断裂性和文化身份的差异性,环境的变化以及话语权的丧失导致两人悲剧命运的最终产生。

Senior Mr. Wu is an important character in Mao Dun＇ s Midnight and Ancestor is the character in Na Zhangyuan＇ s Cock Head. As representatives of traditional cultures, both senior Mr. Wu and Ancestor hate the modern metropolitan civilization and they both inst on the traditional and feudal ideas, which make them oppose to the secular world. Their stubbiness makes them lose self - production when they contact with the modern civilization and their fates are inevitable. The similarity in their character and their uniqueness in their environment bring their disruption between the modern society and the traditional society, and differences in their cultural identity. The environmental change and the loss of their discourse power result in their tragedy at last.