新世纪以来乡土小说的传奇叙事倾向

On the Legendary Narrative Tendency of Local Novels in the New Century

乡土小说与传奇的关系素来密切,新世纪以来更形成一种传奇叙事的倾向。这主要表现在它们较多运用巧合、偶然与神秘因素,或“超现实”的叙事方法,由此书写个人传奇、“怪力乱神”以及其他“陌生化”的传奇内容。新世纪以来乡土小说的传奇叙事倾向有多方面原因,一方面缘于小说、乡土与传奇之间的内在关联,另一方面,也与近年来的文学、文化环境以及乡土现实书写的困境有关。传奇叙事可以增强乡土小说的故事性,开拓乡土书写与现实主义的边界;但它也存在一定的局限,最主要就是过分追求传奇效果,导致故事情节失实与人物形象失真,同时,在情感与思想表达方面也有所欠缺。

Local novels have a close relationship with legends,and have formed a legendary trend in recent years.This is mainly reflected in the increasing use of coincidence,chance and mystery factors or in the use of surrealist methods to write personal legends,write about supernatural phenomena,extraordinary feats of strength,crime of unnatural depravity of men or supernatural beings and deal with other"alienated"content.There are many reasons for this legendary trend of local novels.On the one hand,there is an internal relationship between them,and on the other,it is also related to the cultural environment and the plight of realism in recent years.Legends can enhance the story of the novel and open up the boundary of local writing and realism.However,its limitations are also obvious.One is that the pursuit of legendary effect leads to the failure of the story plot and character image,and the other is the lack of emotional and ideological expression.