乡野中的传统文化坚守者——关于《秦腔》中的夏氏兄弟形象的一种阐释

Advocates of Traditional Culture in A Traditional Rural Land——Interpretation of the Image of the Xia Brothers in Shanxi Opera

《秦腔》是贾平凹近年来创作的一部颇具影响力的乡土文学力作,它绵密而又真实地描述了中国农村在当代社会转型大背景下的变化与衰落态势,突出地反映了遭受市场经济及外来文化冲击和挟制的中国传统文化的流失与消逝问题。小说里的两个父辈形象夏天义、夏天智,用一生守护着他们所热爱的土地、秦腔和儒家的道德、伦理,希图达成对以生产方式、民间艺术和价值观念等为表现形态的传统文化的坚守与传承。正因为他们的坚守和付出,使伴随广袤的乡间土地上因社会与文化的变迁而出现的种种现象和问题得到了更为普遍的直面与关注,让人们在感受到焦虑和不安、痛苦与无奈的同时,真正开始思考、探讨中国农民乃至农村的现实处境和未来走向。

A recent novel about traditional rural life by Jia Ping＇ ao, Shanxi Opera is influential by truly depicting the changes and decline of the rural life of the contemporary China at a time of social transformation, especially the disappearing traditional Chinese culture under the impact of market economy and culture of the outside world. Xia Tianyi and Xia Tianzhi, two figures of the parental generation in the novel, are devoted advocates and protectors of their beloved land, their traditional local Shanxi opera as well as their Confucius values and morals. Due to their life - long devotion to and protection of the traditional cul- ture, our interest is aroused in the issues brought about by such changes, both social and culture, in the vast rural land and we, while experiencing their anxiety, pains and helplessness, begin to think about the present situation and future of rural China, or even China in general.