手机、梦魇及其他——读奚同发小说《那一夜,睡得香》

Mobile Phone: A Nightmare or Something Else Review of the Novel A Sound Sleep at Night by Xi Tongfa

奚同发的小说《那一夜,睡得香》讲述了一个由手机引发信任危机的梦魇故事。"手机"的文化符码能指的是现代科技技术,不幸的是,这样的现代科技技术却成了瓦解现代人心灵情感的助推器。小说以隐喻的讽刺手法对科技时代下人与人的信任危机进行了揭示,特别是对社会底层小人物的生存处境进行了深刻的剖析。"手机"表征的是物化,手机梦魇表明了手机对人的绑架,"手机控"一族堪比清末那些遗老遗少的"鸦片控",其言外之意是物欲对人的身心挤压,尤其是精神压迫更是苦不堪言。作者采取了批判的姿态,重新审视了沉湎手机世界给人类生活带来的负面效应,反思了现代科技语境下现代人的压抑生活。

The novel A Sound Sleep at Night by Xi Tongfa tells a story of trust crisis resulted from mobile phone. The culture signifier of mobile phone is modern science and technology,which has become the impetus for people＇s mental corruption unfortunately. Employing metaphor,this novel reveals human trust crisis in the age of science and technology,living condition of nobodies at the bottom of society in particular. Mobile phone nightmare suggests that people are being kidnapped by modern technology,and the phone freak is compared to opium addicts of the late Qing dynasty in a certain sense,with the implication that mental oppression of material pursuit is miserable for modern people. The novel re-examines the side effects of phone addiction on modern people＇s life critically.