弱者的武器——《丰乳肥臀》的身体符号书写

Weapons of the Weak——The Writing of Body Symbols in“Big Breasts and Wide Hips”

莫言对身体的描写细到极致,他善于从气味、声音等独特角度刻画身体的具体形态。莫言在小说《丰乳肥臀》中对人物身体的描写更是超越了身体的生理性意义,兼具内在的功能性意义和外在的社会性意义。在《丰乳肥臀》中,权力对人们身体和生命存在价值的规训让他们沦为社会和家庭的弱者,当他们的身体因受到饥饿和欲望的束缚而陷入生存困境的时候,身体反过来就成为他们向权力抗争的武器。他们用身体来消解强权,通过身体实践来解构权力的规训。

Mo Yan′s description of the body is extremely detailed,and he is good at describing the specific shape of the body from unique perspectives such as smell and sound.Mo Yan′s description of the characters′bodies in his novel Big Breasts and Wide Hips goes beyond the physical significance of the body,and has both internal functional significance and external social significance.In Big Breasts and Wide Hips,the discipline of power on people′s body and the value of life makes them weak in society and family.When their bodies are trapped in the predicament of survival due to the constraints of hunger and desire,the body in turn becomes a weapon for them to fight against power.They use their bodies to dissolve power and deconstruct the discipline of power through physical practice.