空间隐喻与当代知识分子的生存境遇——评小说《活着之上》

Spatial Metaphor and the Living Circumstances of Contemporary Intellectuals:Remark on the Novel Beyond Living

小说《活着之上》将主人公的日常行为放置于三个主要的空间来呈现:鱼尾镇、大学和门头村,它们共同呈现着知识分子的生存困境与精神变异。鱼尾镇,由对死亡的叙述来凸显活着的有限性,成为引领全篇的关键空间;大学,是小说的主要表现空间,多方面表现了世俗化生存对知识分子日常生活与精神世界的全方位渗透;门头村,则是小说精神指向的意义空间。三个空间在小说中相互交织,真实还原知识分子生存状态的同时更深化了文本的意义。

The novel Beyond Living places the protagonist＇s daily behavior in three main spaces： Yuwei Town,University and Mentou Village, which together present the intellectuals＇ survival predicament and spiritual variation. Yuwei Town,by the narration of death to highlight the finiteness of living,has become the key space to lead the whole article; The university is the main expression space of the novel,which shows the all-round infiltration of the secularization existence to the intellectuals＇ daily life and the spiritual world in many aspects.Mentou Village is the meaning space of the spirit of the novel. The three spaces interweave with each other in the novel,and the true restoration of intellectuals＇ living state at the same time deepens the meaning of the text.