难以言明的世界:论沈从文早期湘西书写中的“沉默”

The Unintelligible World:On Shen Congwen's"Silence"in Early Xiangxi Writings

沈从文早期的湘西书写中存在一个独特的现象即人物的沉默。本文以《山鬼》《三三》《丈夫》和《边城》四篇小说为分析对象,发现小说中人物的“沉默”与沈从文湘西写作中惯用的“闲笔”一起构成了特殊的书写策略并与他的城市书写策略形成对比,他用这种书写方式关切湘西人的内部经验。人物的“沉默”之外,小说中的空场景与情节留白也显示了沈从文作为写作者的谦逊与克制,彰显了他文学语言潜能有限性的认识。这种书写方式与其中体现出的文学气质,确证了沈从文的湘西书写在中国现代乡土文学中的独特地位。

Shen cong wen's early xiangxi writing has a unique phenomenon in the silence of the characters.This paper takes My alter ego,Three three,Husband and border town four novels as the analysis object,found that the characters in the novel"silent"and shen xiangxi is commonly used in the writing of"idle"together constitute the special writing strategy and writing strategy of city form contrast with him,In this way he wrote about the internal experience of the people of western Hunan.In addition to the"silence"of the characters,the blank scenes and plot gaps in the novel also show Shen Congwen's humility and restraint as a writer,and highlight his recognition of the limited potential of literary language.This kind of writing style and the literary temperament reflected in it confirm the unique position of Shen Congwen's writing in the modern Chinese vernacular literature.