“荒凉病”:一个时代的精神症候——论张炜长篇小说《艾约堡秘史》

The Disease of Desolation: a Mental Symptom of the Era: On Zhang Wei’ Novel The Mysteries of Aiyue Castle

《艾约堡秘史》揭示了一个时代的精神症候——“荒凉病”。本文分析了小说主人公淳于宝册“荒凉病”的症状,探讨了病理的深层原因:在畸形追求资本扩张的过程之中,物质极大满足了人类的需要,却也带来了精神上的空虚和无聊,甚至给人类带来致命的精神疾病。文章指出,资本在现代化比较充分的阶段,对人类精神有着巨大的“反噬”。论文充分肯定了张炜小说对时代精神病症“荒凉病”书写所具有的重要批判价值。

In The Mysteries of Aiyue Castle , a mental symptom of the Era is revealed: The disease of desolation. This article analyzes the symptom to pathological causes to the disease desolation on the protagonist of the novel, Chunyu Baoce. The paper believes that: in the course of capital's abnormal expansion, the fully satisfaction of human's material desire brings us spiritual emptiness and boredom, even a deadly mental pain to human being. The paper points out that, in the more advanced stages of modernization, capital has a fatal side effect on spirit: Backgammon. The paper fully affirms the critical value of this novel.