“能人与权力”的失真叙述——论当代河南作家创作的一种局限

The Narrative about Able Man and Power:In View of Limitations of Henan Writers' Creation

在当代河南作家笔下,中原乡村大致有三种类型的"能人":乡村中的基层干部;走入仕途的"乡下人";普通村民中的佼佼者。河南作家对这些"能人"好像情有独钟,对他们由"草"(普通村民)变为"草精"(掌权者)的奋斗历程充满着自我认同,在小说中反复书写着"能人"通往"权力"的"成功"之道。在这种有既定目的的叙述方式下,河南小说中的人物形象出现了简单化、神化与图解化的倾向,再加上部分重要细节的缺失,总体上造成了人物的失真叙述。河南作家自当代以来的理念化写作思路与狭窄的艺术思维束缚了他们创新的步伐,这既是河南作家"与生俱来"的潜在障碍,也是他们创作个性中颇具特色的部分。

In the novels written by Henan writers,there are generally three kinds of able men：cadres at the basic level in the village;officials who come from villages;the outstanding persons among the common villagers.Henan writers seemingly show great preference to praising those able men.They give the eulogy to those outstanding villagers who grow from nobody to＂big potatoes＂.Many Henan novels describe the same stories about admiring,planning,fighting for potency.In these describing methods,the characters in the novels are apotheosized.What＇s more,the heroes in the novels are simply lacking of realistic sense and historical connotation.Since the modern times,the narrow writing ideas have bound up the pace of innovation of their novels.This is not only the potential barriers to Henan writers,but also the unique feature of their creative characteristics.