余华《文城》:寻虚构之城,爱具体的人

Wencheng by Yu Hua: Looking for a Fictional City and Loving Concrete People

余华新作《文城》讲述了林祥福寻找文城而不得的故事,“寻城”的情节建构最终指向的是对“具体的人”的思索。小说以“补”的叙事方式弥合了正篇中悬而未解的道德难题,通过描写个体在动荡历史境遇中的挣扎,跳出了“传奇”的藩篱——“传奇”只是余华书写人物命运的“术”,个体在动荡境遇中展现出的人性力量才是其背后的“道”。余华对“人”的又一次拷问是其创作成熟后的再尝试,个体生命的存在价值与精神归旨构成了作品的内在张力。

Yu Hua's new work Wencheng tells the story of Lin Xiangfu's unsuccessful search for Wencheng.The plot construction of"searching for the city"ultimately points to thinking about"concrete people".The novel bridges the unresolved moral problem in the main part with the narrative way of"supplement",and jumps out of the barrier of"legend"by describing the struggle of individuals in the turbulent historical circumstances-"legend"is only the"technique"of Yu Hua to write the fate of characters,and the human power displayed by individuals in the turbulent circumstances is the"Tao"behind it.Yu Hua's interrogation of"human"is a new at-tempt after his creation is mature,and the existence value and spirit of individual life constitute the inner tension of his works.