神的堕落与英雄的缺失——叶兆言《后羿》人物形象解读

The Fall of God and the Loss of Heroes——Interpretation of the Characters in Ye Zhaoyan’s Hou Yi

作为后现代文化背景下实践“新神话主义”文学主张的重要文学成果,叶兆言根据中国古代神话传说“后羿射日”和“嫦娥奔月”创作的长篇小说《后羿》彻底颠覆了后羿、嫦娥等神话人物的传统认知,为读者描绘了一幅“神的堕落与英雄的缺失”的远古社会图景。《后羿》是作者个人与远古神话的一次凝视与对话,通过各种神话人物的重塑,《后羿》展示的是一个神的堕落、英雄消失、人性迷失的蛮荒世界。

As an important literary achievement in the practice of “new mythism”literature in the context of postmodern culture, Ye Zhaoyan completely subverted the traditional cognition of the Chinese mythical characters such as Hou Yi and Chang’e. Based on the ancient Chinese myths and legends like“Houyi shooting the suns”and“Chang’e flying to the moon”, Ye Zhaoyan painted a picture of the ancient world of“the fall of God and the absence of heroes”. Huo Yi is a gaze and dialogue between the author’s individual and ancient mythology. Through the reshaping of various mythical characters, Hou Yi shows a barbaric world in which God falls, heroes disappear, and humanity is lost.