对一种历史的隐喻和考量——论艾伟的长篇小说《南方》

Nan Fang: A Metaphor and Consideration of History

本文以艾伟新近出版的长篇小说《南方》为分析个案,通过对小说中几个人物在那个特殊年代的命运轨迹展示,来隐喻一种历史的混沌和怪诞,也正是这样的混沌和怪诞造成了这些人物的命运跌宕起伏。这样的审美叙事方式,不仅表现出小说家试图通过文学的方式重返历史现场的欲望,而且欲意透过历史的迷雾剥示革命文化对人的精神和命运的影响,从而为文学政治的重建做出了一次十分有益的尝试。

This paper reports a case study of Ai Wei＇s newly published novel Nan Fang,which displays a metaphor of a historical chaos and absurdness through its narration of several persons＇ life and struggle. It is this chaos and absurdness that constitutes the ups and downs of the characters in this novel. This aesthetics of narrative reveals the author＇s desire to return to the historical spot through literature and his attempt to display,by uncovering the fog of history,how the revolutionary culture influenced its people＇s spirit and destiny. This novel is a good experiment for the reconstruction of literature politics.