漂移的能指:当下中国影视剧中的“少年”修辞

Drifting Signifier:The Rhetoric of “Teenager” in Current Chinese Films and Television Dramas

“少年”是中国现代文学话语体系中的核心修辞之一。近几年来,大众文化场域中出现了一种对“少年”和“少年感”的书写欲望,国产影视剧中也随之出现了“少年”风潮。“少年”修辞的崛起,是“80后”退出青春主场,怀旧青春片退潮的时代背景下,以“00后”为主体的年轻世代群体自我形塑企图的外在表征,也是社会大众在现代物质压力下的理想主义吁求。这一过程裹挟着复杂的多重动能,交织出绵密的语义之网,其中既充斥着国族话语的理想激情,也回荡着二次元亚文化的热血呐喊,还投射出资本力量的澎湃显影。“少年”成为一个漂移的能指符号,折射出当下中国社会的复杂文化症候。

“Teenager”is one of the core rhetorical devices in the discourse system of modern Chinese literature.In recent years,a desire to write about“Teenager”and“sense of Teenager”has emerged in the field of popular culture,and a trend of“Teenager” has also emerged in domestic film and television dramas.The rise of the rhetoric of“Teenager”is an external manifestation of the self shaping attempt of the young generation mainly composed of the“00s generation”in the context of the withdrawal of the“80s generation”from the youth arena and the decline of nostalgic youth films.It is also an idealistic call from the public under modern material pressure.This process,with complex multiple dynamics,interweaves a dense semantic web,which is full of the ideal and passion of national discourse,echoes the blood cry of the anime subculture,and projects the surging development of capital power.“Teenager”has become a drifting signifier,reflecting the complex cultural symptoms of current Chinese society.