残雪《黄泥街》:关于现代性与反现代性的讨论

Can Xue's Yellow Mud Street:A Discussion of Modernity and Anti-modernity

与本雅明笔下的巴黎"拱廊街"形成鲜明对照的是,残雪的《黄泥街》似乎呈现了一幅反现代的"破烂中国"的图景。残雪对黄泥街居民生活的描述令人想起启蒙以降西方人对中国社会的一个刻板印象:"停滞的社会"。本文试图从"现代性"与"反现代性"的悖论关系出发,以残雪的《黄泥街》为样本揭示现代性在当代中国展开的复杂性。

As a sharp contrast to Walter Benjamin′s Parisian Arcades, Can Xue′s＂Yellow Mud Street＂seems to reveal to us an anti-modern scenario of a decaying China.Can Xue′s depiction of the Yellow Mud Street residents and their lives re-mind us of a long-held, stereotyped image of China：a＂stagnant society＂.Based on the idea that modernity is a paradox, this paper attempts to employ Can Xue′s novella ＂Yellow Mud Street＂as an example to argue for the complexity of the modernization process in China.