灵魂的返乡之旅——论墨白的中篇小说《民间使者》

The Return Journey of the Soul——on Mo Bai's Novel A Folk Messenger

墨白的中篇小说《民间使者》是一部充满了隐喻意味的文本,通过讲述"我"的民间艺术寻访之旅,带我们领略了民间艺术的精神和魅力,揭示了民间艺术在当下的尴尬境遇。民间艺术中存在着艺术之根,蕴含了关于生命和存在的本真之言说,就精神而言是超越时空的,"我"的民间艺术寻访之旅,因而也是一次灵魂的返乡之旅,是对失落了的艺术精神、生命精神的寻找。

Mo Bai＇s novel A Folk Messenger is a text full of metaphoric. By telling protagonist＇s journey of searching for folk art, this work shows the spirit and charm of the folk art to us, and reveals its embarrassing condition in current. Folk art has the root of art, and contains true speech about life and existence, so it is beyond time and space in spirit level. The journey of searching for folk art is a journey of searching for the art spirit and life spirit that have been lost, a soul journey return to its home.