果戈理传统与俄罗斯民族拯救之路的探寻

Gogol Tradition and Exploration of the Road of the Russian National Salvation

2014年12月5日,"俄语布克奖"揭晓,俄罗斯当代作家弗拉基米尔·亚历山大洛维奇·沙洛夫的书信体小说《返回埃及》荣膺桂冠。小说讲述了20世纪俄罗斯一个与经典作家果戈理有亲缘关系的家庭,其所有成员都怀有一个强烈的愿望,即续写其先辈未能完成的《死魂灵》第二部、第三部,展示了不同人物在20世纪俄罗斯特殊的历史时代背景下各自迥异的命运遭遇,指出主人公果戈理第二为续写《死魂灵》而付出的不懈努力及其对俄罗斯历史的追溯和反思。小说将19世纪到20世纪初的俄罗斯历史与《旧约》中的故事情节进行类比,得出结论:20世纪的俄罗斯历史是一部"返回埃及"的历史,并试图为俄罗斯民族探寻一条拯救之路。

The novel Return to Egypt,written by contemporary Russian writer Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sharov, was honoured with prize ＂Russian Booker of 2014 year＂ on the 5-th of December in 2014 year. The novel represents the family in Russia in the 20th Century, related to the great Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol. All its members have a strong desire to continue write the second and the third volumes of poet ＂Dead Souls＂,that their ancestor failed to finish. It shows the different fates of different characters in the background of Russian special historical era in 20th Century, points out the hero - the second Gogol＇ s unremitting efforts on the poet ＂Dead Souls＂ and his retrospection and reflection of Russian history. Comparing the Russian history from the 19th to the beginning of 20th Centuries and the story of The Old Testament, The novel comes to the conclusion ： The 20th Century＇s Russian history is a history of ＂return to Egypt＂.It tries to find a way to save the Russian people.