城乡文明冲突:贾平凹小说《怀念狼》对健全人性的探寻

Urban-rural Civilization Conflict: Exploration of Sound Human Nature in the Novel Cherishing the Memory of Wolves by Jia Pingwa

小说《怀念狼》是贾平凹在新千年里的第一本书,很多评论家也将其视为作家的转型之作。该小说表面看似是从生态环境保护的角度呼吁人类保护濒临灭绝的狼群,实际上却是在一次次的集体猎狼活动中探索人性,寻找人性之根。随着城市化进程的不断加快,城市文明对乡村文明构成潜在威胁,贾平凹以独到的眼光从人性的异化写到狼性的进化,表达了对健全人性的思考和城乡文明的建构。尽管在写作方式上与其前期创作存在差别,但在思想上一脉相承,体现了深刻的人文关怀及现实主义精神。

The novel "Cherishing the Memory of the Wolves" is the first book written by Jia Pingwa in the new millennium. Many critics view it as the writer’s work of transformation. On the surface, the novel calls for human beings to protect the endangered wolves from perspective of ecological environment protection;in fact, it is exploring human nature and looking for the root of human nature in the collective wolf hunting activities. With the rapid development of urbanization, urban civilization poses a potential threat to rural civilization. Jia Pingwa writes about the evolution of wolf nature from the alienation of human nature in a unique way, expressing his ponder on sound human nature and the construction of urban and rural civilization. This novel is different from the writer ’s early works in writing style, but they are the same in thought, embodying profound humanistic concern and realistic spirit.