八十年代:“新启蒙”背景下的苦难叙事

The 1980s: Narratives of Suffering against the Background of ‘New Enlightenment’

无论从叙事对象还是叙事主体来看,上世纪80年代的苦难叙事都带有深沉的人道主义情愫。这种人道主义属性,明显继承了"五四"人的文学的传统,也可以看到西方人文主义文学精神的影响。在这个意义上,苦难叙事自然地具有启蒙主义精神。书写苦难,是对人遭受身体和精神痛苦的同情与悲悯,也是对社会正义的期待和认同,它的潜话语是在这个世界上,人的生存和幸福才是最高的准则。这样的苦难书写,反过来也推动了上世纪80年代人的发现的启蒙思潮的澎湃向前。

Whether as an object or subject of narration, narratives of suffering in the 1980 s are profoundly humanitarian.Such a quality is obviously inherited from the literary tradition of the May 4 thpeople, a result of the influence by the Western humanitarian literary spirit. In this sense, narratives of suffering are naturally imbued with a spirit of enlightenment. Writing about suffering is an expression of sympathy with and pity on people＇s physical and spiritual suffering and also an expectation for and identification with social justice, with the hidden subtext that the highest yardstick in this world is human survival and happiness. As such, writings of suffering have, in turn, pushed forward the ideological trend of enlightenment, discovered among the 1980 s people.