重返文学现场——在北小营村谈苇岸

Return to the Literary Scene:A Discussion of Wei An in Beixiaoying Village

苇岸(1969—1999),原名马建国,北京市昌平县北小营村人,自幼随祖父母村居。1978年考入中国人民大学,开始接触并创作朦胧诗,毕业后任教于昌平职业教育学校,经海子推荐阅读《瓦尔登湖》,后便转入散文写作。他崇尚梭罗和托尔斯泰,持身谨严,食不茹荤,奉行环保主义。1999年罹患肝癌早逝,代表作有《大地上的事情》《我的邻居胡蜂》《一九九八廿四节气》等,结集作品多种。

On May 19th,2019,the 20th anniversary of Wei An’s death,Shen Jianyang,Zhang Zongshuai,and Deng Xiaoyan,young scholars engaged in the study of rural culture and ecological literature came to Beixiaoying Village where Wei An grew up.They made a comprehensive exchange of their understanding of Wei An’s attachment to Beixiaoying,his concerns in writing,his relationship with Thoreau,and his unique writing style to commemorate the pioneer of Chinese nature writing who died young.The seminar was hosted by Associate Professor Shen Jianyang of Jimei University.He believes that when we discuss the countryside and nature today,it is necessary to rethink the modernization crisis that Wei An felt strongly in the 1980s,as well as the rural and natural problems.Zhang Zongshuai is interested in the relationship between the writer and the village that inspired him.He holds that the Beixiaoying Village in real life is different from the one constructed in Wei An’s creation.By rebuilding the relationship between Wei An and the village,we can reactivate the seriousness and sublimity in nature writing and respond to the specific social and historical environment.Deng Xiaoyan deems that Wei An’s writing is groundbreaking in contemporary Chinese nature writing in that he opened up a natural dimension of local literature with Chinese characteristics.Although Wei An’s scope was limited due to his own experience and his time,the difficulties he encountered in his writing and the natural orientation of his rural writing constitute a starting point for the current cultural practice in China.