“双城记”与“两都赋”:张恨水笔下北京与南京的时空体

“The Tale of Two Cities” and “Fu of Two Capitals”: on the Time-Space Body of Beijing and Nanjing in Zhang Henshui’s Writings

张恨水小说中的北京与南京所形成的“双城记”,展现了两座古城不同的城市面貌与社会空间,勾勒了“城与人”的独特联系。通过以《两都赋》为代表的散文,张恨水发掘了北京与南京的美学与人文特征,营建了“两都”的文化空间,显示出“两都”远离都市现代性的乡土气息、艺术风格与人文气质。结合不同历史时期张恨水的创作处境、外部环境,可将张恨水作品中的北京与南京视为一个完整的时空体。张恨水笔下北京与南京的时空体,暗含着现代中国社会、历史、文化的转型与变迁。

“The Tale of Two Cities” formed by Beijing and Nanjing in Zhang Henshui’s novels shows the different urban landscapes and social spaces of the two ancient cities, and outlines the unique connection between “city and people”. In Fu of Two Capitals, Zhang Henshui explores the aesthetic and humanistic characteristics of Beijing and Nanjing, and builds a cultural space of “Two Capitals”, showing the rustic atmosphere, artistic style and humanistic temperament of the two capitals far removed from urban modernity. Taking into account Zhang Henshui’s creative situation and external environment in different historical periods, Beijing and Nanjing in Zhang Henshui’s works can be regarded as a time-space body which implies the transformation and changes of modern Chinese society, history, and culture.