王小波与文学史

Wang Xiaobo and Chinese Contemporary Literature History

王小波逝世二十年来,其作品的写作时间、期刊发表、版本变化等文学史要素一直缺乏足够的考据。本文以王小波小说为分析对象,结合已有史料大致确定了王小波早期作品以及时代三部曲的写作时间。在此基础上,本文梳理了王小波小说的发表与出版,比较了各个版本的异同。论文最后讨论王小波研究的两种流行框架,指出两种研究框架都是以"反讽"为中心,一种倾向于建构性的"自由",另一种倾向于解构性的"虚无"。论文认为两种研究框架缺乏历史性的维度,王小波的小说意味着社会转型过程中边缘群体的美学表征。没必要纠缠王小波是否进入文学史,而是应该有一种思路,通过王小波理解当代文学史,乃至于通过当代文学史理解当代中国。

The composition time, article publishing and changes in various versions of Wang Xiaobo＇s have been given insufficient textual research since he passed away. Taking Wang＇s novels as the analyzed issue, the paper makes out the time when Wang wrote his early works and The Trilogy of Ages, based on existing studies and information. With this as the foundation, all versions of his works are contrasted and compared. At last, two prevailing frameworks used in studies of Wang are discussed. The paper points out that the two frameworks, constructed ＂freedom＂ and deconstructed ＂nihility＂, both center the nature of irony; the paper claims that the two frameworks are lacking in the dimension of history. Wang＇s novels represent the aesthetic of the marginalized groups in the social transition. To discuss the question of whether Wang should be accepted in the history of literature is less necessary than to understand the history of contemporary literature and contemporary China through him and his works.