破裂、疼痛与愈合——苏童《西瓜船》中的城乡关系隐喻

Ruptures,Pains and Recovery:the Metaphors ofUrban-rural Relationship in Su Tong's Watermelon Boat

苏童在短篇小说《西瓜船》中书写香椿树街少年杀人事件,该事件背后其实展现了城乡之间的内在差距。小说通过一个西瓜引发的血案,揭开城与乡之间的隐痛伤口。在福三母亲寻船过程中,城与乡之间的伤口逐渐恢复,并在最后达到愈合。福三母亲的寻船之路展现了人性的内在温度,从而引起小说人物的情感共鸣。“破裂”“疼痛”与“愈合”隐喻式地构成了小说的三个层面,并显示出城乡差距背后化恶为善的人性温度与化恨为爱的情感力量。

The juvenile delinquency happened in XiangChunShu Street in the short story Watermelon Boat written by Su Tong just reveals the internal gap between urban and rural areas.Through a murder case triggered by a watermelon,the novel uncovers the hidden pain between the city and the countryside,which was gradually recovered and finally healed in the process of Fusan's mother's searching for the boat.Her journey was full of inner temperature of human nature,which arouses the emotional resonance of the characters in the novel.Ruptures,pains and recovery metaphorically constitute the three levels of the novel,showing that human's inner temperature and emotion has the power to turn evil into good and hate into love.