“革命+恋爱”题材的现代诠释——以格非的《人面桃花》为例

Reinterpreting Motif of Revolution+love——Case study of Grenfell's Peach-Blossom Face

《人面桃花》是格非最接近传统的小说文本,作品沿用了流行于我国20世纪30年代的"革命+恋爱"的小说创作模式,描述了一幅古代革命先贤追寻乌托邦生活的美好愿景,表达了作者对于乌托邦世界近乎痴迷的追求者的敬佩和同情。作品采用的叙述方式标志着作者从"先锋"到传统的回归,不管是对于由恋爱引起的革命的描写,还是对于世外桃源和大同世界的叙述,都使我们感受到了人们对于理想世界的执著追求,也使我们看到了在这看似美好的愿望的背后,是我们每一个人从古至今难逃孤独的宿命。作者以新的眼光重新看待那一段历史,采用革命现实主义的创作方法,缔造出一种文本时代与五四时代和现代的精神联系。本文试图从作品的"革命+恋爱"的叙事模式入手,分析文本背后体现的作者的深意,感受作者表达的"梦醒了无路可走"的空虚与孤独。

Among all the works created by Grenfell, Peach-Blossom Face is the one closest to a traditional text. It was constructed within the framework of revolution + love, which prevailed in China in the 1930 s. In describing a revolutionary forerunner's obsession of utopia, the writer paid tribute to those dream-pursuers. The writer's come-back to traditional narrative symbolizes his deviation from avant-garde. Such plots like love-driven revolution, Shangri-la and commonwealth convey people's persistence in seeking for Utopia, and inescapable loneliness underlying the dream. Genfell reviewed that history from a fresh angel, and adopted revolutionary realism to communicate textuality with spirit of the May Fourth era and modernity. This paper attempts to survey the novel from perspective of revolution + love as its narrative instrument, and reveals the underlying empty and lonely sentimentality that the author endeavored to convey in the novel.