走出底层叙事的迷津——由陈彦的两部长篇小说谈起

Out of Labyrinth of Grassroots Narration: Take Two Novels of Chen Yan as An Example

陈彦是一个对城市底层与农民工始终保持高度关注的作家。陈彦的小说常常站在人民美学的立场,关注底层人物、弱势群体的人性温度与生命冷暖,以平民视角书写他们的艰辛与快乐、疾苦与尊严。城市贫民阶层、农民工群体尽管有着卑微的人生,坎坷的命运,但是在他们的生命中却蕴含着良知、勤劳、美德、坚韧与正义,这些永恒的人类精神主题,成为支撑底层世界信仰的生活方式与思维方式。阅读陈彦小说的底层世界,我们深刻地感觉到,在"无常"的现实人生中总是潜藏着"有常"的文化根基,这"有常"的文化之根就是作者对传统的持久回溯与激情演绎。

Chen Yan is a writer who highly concerns about the urban grassroots and migrant workers. His novels talk about people aesthetics, which pay attention to humanity and life, their hardships and happiness, sufferings and dignity from the perspective of civilians. The urban poor class and migrant workers have humble life and desperate fate, but there are conscience, diligence, virtue, tenacity and justice in their lives. These eternal human spiritual themes support their life and beliefs. Through reading the grassroots world of Chen Yan^novels, we deeply feel that in ＂ impermanent＂ real life there is always lurking ＂ persistent＂ cultural roots, which is the writers constant recall and fervid interpretation of tradition.