超级英雄想象的失落——论“70后”作家张楚《风中事》

The Loss of the Superhero Imagination——Study on The Story in the Wind by Post-70s Writer Zhang Chu

“70后”作家张楚的作品《风中事》是其从“先锋”转向“现实”主义风格的代表作品之一。小说男主角关鹏在父亲、男性友人身上构建了最初的超级英雄想象,“钢铁侠”关照了当代青年男性的理想自我。然而,平庸的现实生活令关鹏的超级英雄想象备受掣肘,异乡人关鹏最终在与“城市”空间的对抗中落败。两性关系是作品的叙事骨架,男女角色在作品中互相凝视、对抗,关鹏对于当代女性的恐惧源于男性自身的性焦虑,导致了超级英雄想象的崩塌。超级英雄想象最终的失落,代表了作者对当代社会青年男性生存困境的思考,暗含了对当下社会生活的冷静审视。令人遗憾的是,即使张楚对当下热点素材较为关注,但《风中事》并未在“书写现实”的叙事风格上实现较大的突破,也并未走出男性作家视野的固有框架。

Zhang Chu,a writer born in 1970 s,accomplished The Story in the Wind recently.The literature is one of his representative literature transforming from"avant-garde"to"realism".The hero of the literature Guan Peng built the original superhero imagination based on his father and male friends.Iron Man reflects for the ideal self of contemporary young men.However,the mediocre real life restricted Guan Peng’s imagination of superheroes.As a stranger,Guan Peng was defeated in the competition with the city space eventually.Gender relationship is the narrative framework of the literature.The male and female characters stare at each other and confront each other.Guan Peng’s fear of contemporary women originated from the male’s own sexual anxiety,which promotes the fall of the superhero imagination.The ultimate loss of the superhero imagination represents the thought of the author about the survival dilemma of young men in contemporary society,which implies a rational glance at the current social life.Regrettably,even though Zhang Chu pays more attention to the current hot issues,The Story in the Wind has not achieved a major breakthrough in the narrative style of"reality statement",nor has he walked out of the inherent framework of male writers’vision.