历史意识、家族隐喻与诗性表达--评《望江南》中的文化书写

Historical Consciousness, Family Metaphors and Poetic Expression --Review of Cultural Writing in Dreaming of the South

继“茶人三部曲”系列之后,王旭烽2022年推出潜心创作26年的新作《望江南》。“茶人三部曲”作为当代文学中反映茶文化的长篇小说系列,文化寓意深厚,在《望江南》中文化书写同样占据了重要地位。作品以1948年至1964年间的浙江杭州以及整个中国社会的巨变为故事发生背景,“大”“小”历史的精巧融合展现了三位一体的个人史、家族史、民族史,凸显出作者严谨的历史意识与强烈的家国情怀;杭氏家族中性格各异的家族成员用自身的传奇经历充分演绎出茶文化的不同侧面,一个庞大的茶叶世家在历史浪潮中的走向昭示了中国传统茶文化在曲折中的渐进发展;诗性的表达与古典的气韵在王旭烽笔下不仅承载着江南传统文化丰富的精神内涵,同时也营构了小说典雅的审美话语与意境。

Following the“Tea People Trilogy”series,Wang Xufeng presents her new novel Dreaming of the South,which she has been working on for 26 years.As a long series of novels reflecting tea culture in contemporary literature,the“Tea People Trilogy”has a profound cultural implication,and cultural writing occupies an important place in Dreaming of the South.The work is set in Hangzhou,Zhejiang Province,between 1948 and 1964,and in the context of the dramatic changes in Chinese society as a whole.The exquisite fusion of“big”and“small”history shows the trinity of personal history,family history and national history,highlighting the author’s rigorous historical consciousness and patriotic feelings.The different characters of the Hang family fully portray the different aspects of tea culture through their own legendary experiences,and the direction of a huge tea family in the tide of history indicates the progressive development of traditional Chinese tea culture in the twists and turns.The poetic expressions and classical rhythms in Wang Xufeng’s writing not only carry the rich spiritual connotations of Jiangnan traditional culture,but also create the elegant aesthetic discourse and mood of the novel.