城市经验与青年写作的叙事变革——“90后”文学论

Urban Experience and Narrative Transformation of Youth WritingAn Analysis of Literary Works Written by the Post-1990s Generation

中国当代城市文学经常被诉病为乡土经验意义上的城市想象,但这一评判已不适用于“90后”作家的城市书写。“90后”作家不管是出身乡村还是城市,普遍都以城市生活感受作为他们想象世界、思考现实的基础性经验。经验基础的转变,往往也意味着城市感觉的变化。考察“90后”作家的城市感觉和文学精神,尝试理解新一代作家张扬个性、放大自我式的城市书写所表现的独特魅力和局限,体会中国当代城市文学正在发生的叙事变革和文体探索。

Contemporary urban literature in China is often dismissed as imagination about cities in the sense of local experience,but this argument is no longer applicable to the urban creation of the writers born in the 199os.Most writers of this generation,no matter from rural or urban areas,take urban life as their fundamental experience to imagine the world and reflect on reality.The transformation of experiential foundation often implies a change in the urban perception.This article investigates the urban perception and literary spirit of post-1990s writers,attempts to understand the unique charm and limitations of the individualistic and self-amplifying urban writing by the writers of new generation,and touch the narrative transformation and genre exploration that contemporary Chinese urban literature is undergoing.