文学是回避的艺术——方英文访谈录

Literature is the Art of Avoidance——Interview with Fang Yingwen

为了解方英文的艺术追求和创作旨趣,对其早期创作、阅读偏好、文学观念和创作心态等情况进行访谈。方英文的创作风格受到多位中西作家的影响,他认为文学是一门回避的艺术,好的作品理应避开前人,亦要“简单”易懂。优秀的作品大抵是悲喜混淆的,而且是悲大于喜的。在进行创作时,他无意启蒙、教育别人,会删掉作品结尾处的“拔高”和“哲理”,留下空白。基于这样的创作理念,“方英文式的语言”“方氏修辞”得以形成,而他的作品也给读者留下了幽默诙谐、寓悲于喜的印象。

In order to understand Fang Yingwen′s artistic pursuit and creative purpose,the interniew concerns his early creation,reading preference,literary concept and creative mentality.Fang Yingwen′s creative style is influenced by many Chinese and Western writers.He believes that literature is an art of"avoidance".Masterpiece should avoid their predecessors in all aspects,and should be"simple"and easy to understand.Excellent works are generally a mixture of sorrow and joy,with sadness greater than happiness.When creating,he had no intention of enlightening or educating others,and he would delete the"uplift"and"philosophy"at the end of the work,leaving a blank.Based on this creative concept,"Fang Yingwen’s style"and"Fang’s rhetoric"were formed,and his works also left readers with a humorous impression,but at the same time contained sadness and joy.