论美丑并存、互动与转化——兼评徐晓的长篇小说

On the Coexistence, Interaction and Transformation of Beauty and Ugliness: Comments on Xu Xiao’s Novels

美与丑渗透在自然、社会和人生的各个层面,相伴而生,相反相因。在文学艺术作品中,只写美不写丑就不可能再现或表现出时空的本来面目,写丑可以更全面、更真实地揭示出自然、社会和人生发展的本质方面。丑的审美价值的一个重要方面是它最善于表现审美对象的特征和个性。徐晓的长篇小说创作实现了青春的美丑互动与转化,她从《爱上你几乎就幸福了》的以物(金钱)为本位转向《请你抱紧我》的以情为本位,为了解当代中国大学的风貌和90后女大学生的内心世界的奥秘打开了一扇窗口。

Beauty and ugliness,coexisting yet opposing,permeate all the aspects of nature,society and life.In literary and artistic works,it is impossible to reproduce or show the true face of time and space by only writing about beauty without ugliness.Writing about ugliness can more comprehensively and truly reveal the essential aspects of nature,society and human development.An important aspect of the aesthetic value of ugliness is that it is best at expressing the characteristics and personality of the aesthetic objects.Xu Xiao’s novels have realized the interaction and transformation of beauty and ugliness embodied in youth.She shifts from focus on material(money)in Happily Falling in Love with You to focus on affection in Please Hold Me Tight,which provides a window for understanding contemporary Chinese universities and the inner world of the post-90s female college students.