历史之网与记忆之场——评施晓宇历史题材的散文创作

Network of History and Realms of Memory Comments on Shi Xiaoyu’s Historical Prose

施晓宇历史题材的散文创作,洞察人物与人物之间的错杂勾连,深描命运与命运之间的交切互渗,呈现事件与事件之间的多边角力,其历史叙事举重若轻,化繁就简,既不过度纠缠于历史细节,避免叙事不堪重负,又要争取历史叙事的开阔性与生动性,通过必要的枝蔓延伸,让历史叙事呈现斑斓多彩的复杂化面貌。施晓宇的历史题材散文亦可视为一种“记忆之场”的建构,其历史书写的庞大体量,是记忆的唤醒,更是文化的赓续。

Shi Xiaoyu’s historical prose,with its insight into the intricate connections among characters,its deep description of the interaction and infiltration among fates,and its presentation of the multilateral struggles among events,is to tackle serious matters easily generally in his historical narration.To put it simply,the historical prose is not only intended to avoid excessive entanglement in historical details,making narrative overloaded,but also to strive for the openness and vividness of historical narrative.It is through the necessary extension that leave the historical narration present its colorful and complex aspects.Shi Xiaoyu’s historical prose can also be regarded as a construction of“Realms of memory”,whose huge volume of his historical writing is both the awakening of memory and the continuity of culture.