小小说的文体创构艺术论

On the Composition Art of Flash Fiction

近三十多年来小小说的繁花似锦、特立独行,为这种文体积累了极为丰富的创作经验,小小说作为小说王国中的一只"小鸟"、一个"精灵",的确有其自身的特征和不同于长篇、中篇、短篇小说的章法。它不同于长篇可作宏大史诗状,不同于中篇可作文雅中庸状,也不同于短篇可"小大由之"。它是"钻探式"思维的结晶,文体呈现的是一种"标本"或"切片"式的样态;它惜字如金,尽量压缩"闲笔",凝练意涵;它多有"爆炸式"结尾,或耐人寻味,或惊艳奇妙。研究小小说的文体创构艺术,对于小说的理论建设和创作实践有重要意义。

In the past three decades,flash fiction was booming with its unique style. During the process rich creation experience was accumulated. Different from grand narration of the novels,moderation of novelettes,and refined short stories,flash fiction has its own composition art which is characterized by subtlety and economy of words. In addition,it always has a surprising ending with a lingering taste. Therefore,it is significant to theory construction and creation of flash fiction by studying its art.