“事故”如何被逆写为“事迹”——《欧阳海之歌》诞生记

The Birth of The Song of Ouyang Hai

长篇小说《欧阳海之歌》系作者金敬迈在采访烈士事迹的基础上撰写而成,但从现实中已被定性的一桩“事故”到小说浓墨重彩推出的英雄“事迹”,《欧阳海之歌》实有逆写本事之举。“实”与“纯”,是小说逆写的主要策略,但个人成长中的历史投射,尤其是底层极端生存境遇的投射,真正赋予了这部非戏剧化小说的“真”的灵魂。而小说中欧阳海所涉及的“因信称义”问题,则将社会主义“新人叙事学”推向兼有受虐色彩的内在超越之路,但其间有关社会主义初心的绝对的“信”,也可为身处“小时代”的后世读者提供有效的借鉴。

The novel The Song of Ouyang Hai is written by Jin Jingmai,the author,on the basis of his inter⁃views concerning the deeds of the martyr Ouyang Hai.However,from an"accident"that has been classified in real⁃ity to a heroic"deed"highlighted in the novel,The Song of Ouyang Hai has actually rewritten the original story."Reality"and"purity"are the main strategies for reverse writing in novels,but the historical projection in personal growth,especially the projection of extreme living situations of the unprivileged populace,truly endows this nondramatic novel with the soul of"truth".The issue of"justification by faith"involved by Ouyang Hai in the novel pushes the socialist"narratology of new generation"towards a path of internal transcendence with both masochistic elements.However,the absolute"faith"related to the original intention of socialism can also provide effective refer⁃ence for future readers in the"small era".