一位被淡忘的“山药蛋派”中坚作家——李古北和他的小说创作

A Forgotten Key Writer in the"Potato School of Literature":Li Gubei and His Fiction

李古北是20世纪40年代解放区的重要作家,是"山药蛋派"的中坚人物。他是一位出色的农村题材小说作家,作品有"山药蛋派"的基本特征,却更有一种写实、开放的创作个性。但在20世纪50年代中后期两次受到批判,之后远离文坛,在沉寂中构筑着自己的文学梦想。他的人生和文学生涯可以显现作家的生存状态、文学流派内部微妙而复杂的人际关系、一个作家在历史变迁中的选择与无奈。

Li Gubei was a key writer in the Liberated Areas of the 1940s and was a major figure of the'Potato School of Literature.'He was an excellent writer of rural novels.His works contained the basic characteristics of the'Potato School,'but were more realistic and open in creation.However,he distanced himself from the literati after being criticized twice in the late 1950s and pursued his literary dream in obscurity.From his life and literary career,we can get a glimpse of the living conditions of the writers,the delicate and complex interpersonal relationships within the literary schools,and the choices and helplessness of a writer amid historical change.