长篇小说《困兽记》版本校释

Collation and Annotation of the Novel Cornered Animal

沙汀所撰《困兽记》是一部描绘抗战时期大后方知识分子挣扎与苦闷的长篇小说。自1945年出版以来,版本变迁比较复杂,但其中修改最大者为1963年人民文学出版社版。《困兽记》版本修改,在恢复历史原貌、调整人物塑造以及重构其情感故事方面皆有大删大增的改动。这种版本修改的背后,是左翼马克思主义写作范式与《讲话》以后所形成的“新的人民的文艺”之新范式之间冲突与调适的结果,蕴藏丰富的文学史信息。

Cornered Animal written by Sha Ting is a novel depicting the struggle and anguish of intellectuals in the rear area during the period of Anti-Japanese War. Since its publication in 1945 , different versions have emerged one after another, among that the 1963 version published by People's Literature Publishing House is the most modified one, with greatly deleted or increased changes in restoring the original historical appearance, adjusting the characterization and reconstructing its emotional story. It is the result of the conflict and adjustment between the left-wing Marxist writing paradigm and the new paradigm of " new people's literature and art" which formed after the Speech at the Forum of Art and Literature in Yan'an. The changes of editions is full of information about literary history.