浪漫构想中的温情叙述——论余华小说《文城》

A Tender Narrative in Romantic Conceptions:On Yu Hua’s Novel Wencheng

余华的长篇新作《文城》呈现新的艺术面向。小说以林祥福寻妻的传奇化情节引人入胜,以理想化的人物塑造凸显人性中的美好与崇高,构成浪漫与温情交织的叙事样态。作品以正篇和补篇相结合的形式创新为读者提供进入故事的不同视角,通过刻画林祥福和小美等人物的丰富性和复杂性,表现真实人性的挣扎和向善的精神旨归。余华擅长的暴力叙事,在这部小说中彰显明确的惩恶扬善功能,与作品所具有的温情内核自成一体。可以说,余华的《文城》是在浪漫构想下进行的温情叙述,构筑起了一个人性美、人情美的乌托邦世界。

Yu Hua’s new novel Wencheng presents a new artistic aspect.The novel is fascinating with the legendary plot of Lin Xiangfu looking for his wife,and the idealized characterization highlights the beauty and sublime of human nature,forming a narrative style combining romance and warmth.The novel combines the main and supplementary forms to provide readers with different perspectives into the story.By depicting the richness and complexity of characters such as Lin Xiangfu and Xiaomei,it expresses the struggle of real human nature and the spiritual purpose of goodness.It is found that the violence narrative Yu Hua is good at shows a clear function of punishing evil and promoting good in this novel,and it is self-contained with the warm core of the work.It can be said that Yu Hua’s Wencheng is a warm narrative under the romantic conception,which builds a utopian world with the beauty of human nature and human feelings.