《铁木前传》(1956):生命的“火力”、改造与爱情

A Prequel to the Blacksmith and the Carpenter(1956) :The “Power”of Life,Transformation and Love

由于1950年代的特殊语境,《铁木前传》的主题有一个在"形式"之下不断寻找话语的隐晦过程。所以,它在"两条道路的斗争"模式下,从建设劳动人民康乐富强生活的"思想",到童年时代欢乐和幻想的"回忆"或者"生活的美",再到"劳动"之美,最后真正表现的,却是这一时期已经无法被形式化的欲望:生命的"火力"。不过,与模式挪借相对应,欲望在小说中被以"个人主义"的别名在关注,这也是当年合作化小说常见的处理方式。这个隐晦而复杂的主题,带出了属于1950—1970年代真正"现实主义"的内容,即"改造"和"爱情"。小说其实是讲述了一个在欲望、劳动、改造等纠结中的青春成长的故事。同时,它也是讲述当年"政治"想象的一种方式。

Because of the special context of the 1950 s,A Prequel to the Blacksmith and the Carpenter has,with respect to its theme,undergone a covert process of constant discourse pursuit in the disguise of the ＂form＂.Therefore,in the mode of the＂struggle between two roads＂,the theme of the book is manifest in the evolution from the depiction of laborers＇ cherishing the ideal of a healthy and happy life through the ＂reminiscence＂or ＂the life beauty＂of happiness and illusion at childhood to the beauty of ＂labor＂to ultimately the ＂power＂of life—a desire that can not be formalized at that time. However,in correspondence to the transformation of the mode,desire is heeded in the name of ＂individualism＂in the novel,which is a common approach to novels of collectivization at that time. Such an implicit and complex theme has brought to light the content of real ＂realism＂in the 1950s-70s—＂transformation＂and ＂love＂. As a matter of fact,the novel is about a story of the youth growth in the tangle of desire,labor and transformation,and meanwhile it is also a way of recounting the then＂political imagination＂.