莫言小说与中国形象——以英语世界中的传播情况为例

Mo Yan's Novels and Image of China

莫言的小说在西方世界的广泛传播,对建构良好的中国文化形象做出了卓越的贡献。他的小说创作十分有效地利用了中国文化的传统资源,塑造和发掘了一种更坚韧、顽强的国民"优根性",并将之转化为具体可感的艺术形象体系。同时莫言小说中所表现出来的新的历史观和人性观念以及融化西方现代小说技巧的能力还建构了新的中国作家与知识分子的形象,这也是文明、民主、自由、开放、包容的当代中国形象的基石。

With the increasing accepting by foreign readers, Mo Yan＇ s novels contributed more and more to the Image of China. He made full use of Chinese cultural resources in his creation, discovered and built inherent virtues that more firm and tenacious compared with those in prior works, and made them a sensible images system. In the meantime, the view of history and human nature and the ability of master the skill of modemist school built a new Image of Chinese writers and intellectuals, which is the basic of contemporary Chinese Image： democratic, free, open and comprehensive.