经典是怎样“炼”成的——以《人生》创作中编辑与作者的书信互动为视角

How Did the Classics Become“Refined”?-From the Perspective of Epistolary Interaction between the Editor and the Author in the Creation of Life

《人生》是路遥三起炉灶、三易其稿、反复“折腾”三年才创作完成的优秀中篇小说。在第三次创作的过程中,路遥与中国青年出版社副总编辑王维玲之间进行了密集的书信交流,王维玲直接促进了《人生》的创作,并深度指导了作品故事的细化与主题深化,与作者共同完成了小说的最终命名。以《人生》创作中编辑与作者的书信互动为视角,可以看出路遥在创作《人生》这部经典小说时的逐步成长,以及编辑的审美感知与文学经验在其中的影响,反映出新时期编辑通过前期介入与批评的方式影响作家创作的独特文学现象。

Life,as an excellent novella written by Lu Yao,had gone through re-writings and major revisions for three times within three years.In the process of writing for the third time,Lu Yao and Wang Weiling,Deputy Editor in Chief of China Youth Publishing Group,carried out intensive exchange of letters.From the perspective of the exchange of letters between the editor and the author in the creation of Life,we can see Lu Yao’s gradual growth in the creation of the classic novel Life,as well as the influence of the editor’s aesthetic perception and literary experience in it,reflecting the unique literary phenomenon of the editor’s influence on the author’s creation in the 1980s through early engagement and criticism.