抑郁儿童·愚昧恶母·短制长篇——论超超的长篇小说《小雪》

Depressed Children,Benighted and Vicious Mother,Brief River Novel-On Chao Chao's Novel Xiao Xue

超超的长篇小说《小雪》在主题开掘、人物塑造及结构艺术等方面,对萌芽期的新文学长篇小说建设做出了突出贡献。小说选择以如何做合格的父母、如何构建现代人生的人学立场作为主题,这些发见仅在当时就已显出深度,相应力度自是不弱,并且超越时代至今仍意义不凡;在人物形象塑造上,小说刻画了新文学史上第一个抑郁型的儿童形象、第一个"恶母"形象;在结构上,小说情节紧凑自然,故事有始有终,布局匀称合理,结构井然有序,其形式虽似短制,颇同长篇,堪称新文学萌芽期(1922-1926)最优秀的长篇小说。

Chao Chao＇s novel Xiao Xue has made great contributions to the construction of novels in the rudimentary stage of new--vernacular literature at theme exploration, characterization and structural art. On the theme of the novel, the subject about hominology that how to be a qualified parent and how to construct modern human not only shows the depth and power at that time, but also has profound realistic significance today. On character portrayal, the novel created the first character of ＂depressed children＂ and ＂vicious mother＂ in the history of new--vernacular literature. On the structure, the novel has compact, natural plots, complete story, well--proportioned layout and orderly structure. It looks brief, but actually it is a veritable river novel, and it can be regarded as the best novel in the rudimentary stage of new--vernacular literature （1922--1926）.