金枝芒:华文文学史上失踪的常熟籍经典作家——在吉隆坡新纪元大学“缅怀马新文坛前辈金枝芒座谈会”上的演讲

Jin Zhimang, a Classical Chinese Writer from Changshu Who Disappeared in the History of Chinese Literature: A Speech at the Symposium in Memory of Jin Zhimang, a Predecessor of the Literary World of Malaysia and Singapore at New Millennium University in Ku

关于金枝芒在华文文学史上的定位:首先,他是马华文坛从"侨民文艺"转型为"马华文艺"的标杆性人物。其次,他的代表作《饥饿》是马华文学战争叙事的经典,同时是世界华文文学描写饥饿的经典。这部纪念碑式的作品,把汉语文学饥饿描写推向了新的高峰,并足以和许多知名小说相媲美。金枝芒之所以会在中国出版的华文文学史及词典、教材、作品选中失踪,除资料的缺失外,还与"重写文学史"的口号提出后对左翼作家的评价普遍降低有关。

Regarding the positioning of Jin Zhimang in the history of Chinese literature,firstly,he is an iconic figure in the transformation of Malaysian-Chinese literary world from“overseas Chinese literature and art”to“Malaysian-Chinese literature and art”.Secondly,his masterpiece Hunger is a classic of the war narrative of Malaysian-Chinese literature,and it is also a classic of the world Chinese literature to describe hunger.This monumental work puts Chinese literature on hunger to a new peak and is comparable to many famous novels.Jin Zhimang cannot be found in either Chinese literature history,dictionaries,textbooks or selected works published in China not only for lack of related information,but also because the evaluation of the left-wing writers was generally lowered when the slogan of“rewriting the history of literature”was put forward.