“现实的”与“浪漫的”:当代文学的江南想象

“Realistic”versus“Romantic”:two paradoxical contemporary literary imaginations of Jiangnan region

当代中国的江南文学想象,具有悖论性的两面:一类是浪漫的精致的诗意的江南,另一类是现实的粗糙的残酷的江南。浪漫的江南,是在历史文化中建构起来的江南概念的“应有”状态;而现实的江南,则是江南庸常生活的“本有”状态。在当代江南文学叙述中,农耕文明的怀恋与现代性的危机感受,江南地域的土地意识和模糊混沌的故乡情结,相互叠映又相互指涉,从而将古典时期暧昧的江南形象推向现代,并使之清晰起来。

There are two paradoxical literary imaginations of Jiangnan region in contemporary China:one is romantic,delicate and poetic,and the other is realistic,rough and cruel.The romantic one is a“due”state of the imagined Jiangnan deeply rooted in Chinese history and culture,while the realistic one reflects the“true”state of Jiangnan s ordinary and mediocre life.In the narration of contemporary Jiangnan literature,the nostalgia of farming civilization,the sense of modern crisis,the land consciousness of Jiangnan region as well as the vague and chaotic hometown complex can be generally experienced,the overlapping and interrelation of these feelings works to reshape the classical ambiguous image of Jiangnan region into a clearer and modern version.