回避历史与走向传统——寻根作家题材转变的文学史意义

The Significance of Literary History in the Theme Change of Writers Engaged in Ancestor-related Writing

对于寻根作家而言,其转向"寻根",不仅意味着题材的转变,更表明针对历史/现实及传统的不同态度,这表现在从具体现实到模糊时空的变化和不规范文化的提出等不同层面。如果说,寻根写作是重新把"自然"变成"风景"的话,那么这一倾向在某种程度上就是知青写作中返回倾向的延续,其在文学史的意义也就有待重新考量了。

As for writers engaged in ancestor-related writings, their ＂turn＂ to ancestor-related themes in their writing denotes not only their change in the subject-matter but also their diverse attitudes towards history/reality and tradition, as is manifest in various aspects such as the change from the specific reality to vague time and space as well as the presentation of substandard culture. Suppose the writing on ancestor-related subjects is to retransform ＂nature＂ into ＂ landscape ＂, such a trend in writing is in a way a continuation of the trend of return in writings on school graduates, and its significance is the literary history is to be reconsidered.