圣像与圣像思维--简析沙罗夫小说《像孩子一样》的记忆主题

Icon and Iconicity: A Brief Analysis of the Memory Theme in V. Sharov’s Novel Be Like Children

沙罗夫小说《像孩子一样》如同深邃隐秘的世界,记忆或许是理解其叙事形态和思想内容的重要因素。小说总在讲述过去,并从过去面向当下和未来,而记忆几乎是唯一积极行动着的力量。圣像作为东正教信仰中实践着的神学体现,不仅是启示记忆的见证,也是信仰之路的精神指导。小说中的记忆主题与圣像画的内涵意义有着紧密联系,也是圣像思维的世界观体现,它们共同阐释着小说的末世思想。本文试图从记忆主题入手,通过圣像与历史记忆、圣像与人物记忆、圣像与肖像记忆三方面对小说思想进行分析。

Sharov’s novel Be like children shows us a deep and mysterious world, and memory may be an important factor in understanding the essence of its narrative form and thought content. The novel mainly tells about the past, its heroes live in memory of their past, look at their present and future from the past, and memory is almost the only positively acting force. As the embodiment of the theological ideas of the Orthodox faith, the icon is not only testimony of the memory of divine revelation, but also a guide along the path of spiritual development. The memory theme in the novel is closely related to the meaning of the icon, and it is also the embodiment of the iconic worldview, which together reflects the eschatological idea in the novel. This article attempts to analyze the memory theme from the perspective of three aspects: icon and historical memory, icon and memory of characters, icon and portrait memory, in order to give a holisitic interpretation of the content of the novel.