中国渊源与本土诉求:从《新华文学大系》看当代新加坡华文文学的经典建构

Chinese Origins and Local Appeals:The Cannon Formation of Contemporary Singapore Chinese Literature from The Great Series of Chinese Literature in Singapore

2012年以来新加坡"世华文学研创会"编撰出版的《新华文学大系》陆续问世,其建构当代新加坡华文文学经典的意图与策略十分明确。一方面它继承了中国以及海外华文文学界以文学大系确立文学经典,进而书写文学史的传统;另一方面又通过本土话语体系的构建和文本经典范式的生成表达了当代新加坡华文文学追求国家意识与华族文化特质相统一的本土诉求。正因如此,《新华文学大系》对当代新加坡华文文学经典的建构正是新加坡华文文学在中国渊源与本土诉求之间的一种平衡。

The Great Series of Chinese Literature in Singapore edited by the Creation and Study of World Chinese Literature Association have been published since 2012.Their intents and strategies to construct the literary cannon of contemporary Singapore Chinese literature are very obvious.On one side,they follow the tradition of formation literary cannon and writing literary history by compiling great series in Chinese literature and world Chinese literature.On the other side,they express their local appeals which consist of national consciousness and Chinese cultural traits through constructing the system of local literary theory and producing the paradigms of classic texts.As a result,the right balance between the Chinese origins and local appeal The Great Series of Chinese Literature in Singapore attempts to find is also the process of construction of Singapore Chinese literary canon.