莫言与刘震云对西方传教士的互文式想象论

Intertextual Imagination of Missionaries in Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun's Works

传教士形象的塑造是当代中国作家西方想象的一种具体化。通过对圣经故事的化用,莫言为他的文学王国增添了马洛亚这样一个新人,从而把神圣的宗教情怀和现代的人文精神引入到历史性叙事的观照中,生成了小说文本宽广的精神空间。刘震云笔下的牧师老詹的超越性与马洛亚的绝望性构成互文,成为现实中重返人道主义和自我拯救的一个中介。作为有意义的异国他者形象,二者所展开的开放性对话,为当代文学创作的价值重构提供了一种可能的文化借鉴。

The image of the missionary is one form of imagining the West by Chinese contemporary writers. Inspired by Bible stories, Mo Yah created a new character in his literary kingdom, Malory, who brings religious passion and modem humanism to the historical narration, generating a broad spiritual space in the text. The transcendence of Lao Zhan, a missionary created by Liu Zhenyun, forms an intertextual relation with Malory＇s despair, and becomes a medium for humanitarianism and self-salvation. As the significant images of others, their opening dialogue supplies the possible benefit for the value reconstruction of our contemporary literature.