历史记忆、神秘命运与救赎意识——论白先勇小说的创作主题

Memory,Mysterious Destiny and Redemption Consciousness:The Theme of Bai Xianyong's Novels

作为民族苦难和历史悲情的见证者,白先勇小说的核心主题是讲述民族历史的沧桑巨变以及随之而来的祸福无常、生命流离的人生悲剧。在深情缅怀往昔岁月的同时,作家亦倾力呈现大时代结束之后,被神秘命运所掌控的弱小人物的生命哀歌。基于宗教情结的深浓及对人性的坚定期许,白先勇以悲天悯人的仁爱之心体恤着他笔下的各色人物,并在佛教的含容博大中寻找人类的救赎方式和灵魂的安妥之地。白先勇小说创作接通了中国古典文学劝善止恶的精神文脉,彰显出独特的美学意蕴和文化姿态。

As a witness of ethnic suffering and historical sadness,the core theme of Bai Xianyong’s novels is to narrate the vicissitudes of ethnic history and the tragedy of life that accompanies the vicissitudes and vicissitudes of national history. While deeply reminiscent of the past years,the writers also strive to present the lamentation of the life of the weak human beings controlled by the mysterious fate after the end of the era. Based on the deep religious complex and the firm commit-ment to human nature,Bai Xianyong sympathized with all kinds of characters in his works with a compassionate heart,and found the way of human salvation and the safe place of human soul in the broad content of Buddhism. The writing orientation of Bai Xianyong’s novel connects the spiritual context of advocating good and stopping evil in Chinese classical literature, and reveals its unique aesthetic connotation and cultural attitude.