“丢魂”时代下的呐喊——《黄雀记》的文学价值与当代意义

Crying Out in the Era of “Soul Losing”:The Literary Value and Contemporary Significance of The Yellowbird

《黄雀记》以有意无意的方式,细微展现了当代中国二十世纪八十年代以来现代化进程中的社会变迁,并以聚焦于几个核心人物的方式,揭示了现代化上升时期的精神图景——人为物役、感官至上的"丢魂"状态。苏童以颇为强烈的社会关怀意识,积极践行知识分子的人文使命,以文学的方式试图回应现代化进程中的"社会危机"——人情冷漠、人性自私,以及人心为物欲所遮蔽的冷酷现状。可以说,在记录社会变迁、反映时代精神、揭示人性复杂的层面上,《黄雀记》直指当下的意义取向基本上得以实现。

The Yellowbird inadvertently demonstrates in detail the social transition of contemporary China in the modernization process since 1980 s. Focusing on several core figures,it exposes the spiritual pictures in the upward period of modernity,such as the ＂soul losing＂state of human enslaved by materials,sensory first,etc. With a strong sense of social responsibility,the author Su Tong actively practices the humanistic mission of intellectuals,tries to respond the ＂social crisis＂,such as grim reality of apathy in human feelings,selfish in human nature,fetishism in human mind etc.,in the process of modernity. In terms of recording the social transition,reflecting the spirit of the time,exposing the complexity of human nature,The Yellowbird has basically realized its significance of reality critique.