重读北岛的《回答》

Rereading Answer by Bei Dao

北岛的《回答》是中国当代诗歌的经典文本,在很大程度上奠定了北岛作为经典诗人的地位。多年来评论者多从代言人、历史批判、怀疑精神等方面对之进行分析,这些角度造成了北岛诗人形象的"符号化"。近年来,北岛本人及一些评论者置身于"去政治化"的语境,站在纯诗的立场,对《回答》作出了反思乃至重新定位与阐释。而这些反思和重新阐释需要进一步辨析。

The poem Answer by Bei Dao is the classic poem of the Chinese contemporary poetry and largely helps to establish the po- sition of Bei Dao as one of the classic poets. Over the years most critics discuss it from endorsement, historical criticism, skepticism, etc., which caused the ＂symbolic＂ image of the poet Bei Dao. In recent years, Bei Dao himself and some critics have made reflection on, reposition and even reinterpret Answer from the ＂De-politicization＂ context and pure poetic standpoint. These reflection and re-inter- pretation need further discrimination.