叙事模式的突破与超越——论苏童长篇小说《河岸》

The Breakthrough and Trenscendence of Narrative Pattern——On Su Tong's Long Novel Riverside

苏童长篇小说《河岸》以一条河流为切入点,讲述了"文革"时期河上与岸上各类人物的生存状态。与其前期创作的先锋小说相比,苏童有意把历史对人的摧残和挤压呈现到读者面前,直接揭示历史对人物成长的影响;在其它作品中反复出现的那条河流,在这部小说中也构成了其潜在性象征;作品中少年成长的处事方式被注入了更多的理性因素;同时,作者把历史融入了人物的生活,给河流和人性注入了新的元素,人物命运得到了成功的救赎。《河岸》是苏童对其原来小说叙事模式的一次成功突破和超越。

Taking a river as the entry point, Su Tong＇ s long novel Riverside describs the living conditions of all kinds of people both on the river and riverside during the Cultural Revolution period. Compared with those van- guard novels he wrote in the past, Su Tong intentionally presents the destroy and extruding of history to people and directly points out the influence of history on people＇ s development. The river appeared repeatedly in other novels has also formed its potential symbol, and the ways of the teenager＇ s dealing with affairs in his grow - up time had been transfused more rational factors. At the same time, the writer had also mixed the history with people＇ s life and transfused new points to the river and humanity. The destiny of character had been saved successfully. Compared with the narrative pattern of his primary novels, Su Tong had made a breakthrough and trenscendenee successfully in Riverside.