世俗社会的清醒良药:论张炜《古船》的人道主义书写

Sobering Medicine for Secular Society:On the Humanitarianism of Zhang Wei's Ancient Ship

《古船》发表于20世纪80年代中后期,作家张炜以宏大的叙事场面展现了一幅洼狸镇的农民向苦难命运抗争的精彩画卷。张炜从人性出发,站在人道主义立场上,聚焦底层劳动人民的生存境况和心灵感受,关注女性命运,讴歌洼狸镇小人物身上的真善美,同时小说也充满着对人类前景的思考和顾虑。作为当代具有人文关怀的作家,张炜通过作品对人道主义精神进行艺术追问,《古船》中的人道主义思想对于当今社会可谓是一剂“清醒良药”。本文主要从人道主义概念界定、《古船》中的人道主义书写缘由、人道主义精神的彰显及其反思几个方面论述张炜《古船》的人道主义书写。

Ancient Ship was published in the mid-late 1980s.The writer Zhang Wei showed a wonderful picture of the farmers in Wali Town fighting against the suffering fate with a grand narrative scene.From the perspective of humanity and humanism,Zhang Wei focuses on the living conditions and spiritual feelings of the working people at the bottom,pays attention to the fate of women,and praises the truth,virtue and beauty of the small people in Wali Town.Meanwhile,the novel is also full of thoughts and concerns about the future of mankind.As a contemporary writer with humanistic concern,Zhang Wei probes into the humanitarian spirit through his works.The humanitarian thought in Ancient Ships can be described as"sober medicine"for today's society.This article mainly discusses Zhang Wei's humanism writing in Ancient Ships from four aspects:the definition of humanism,the reason of humanism writing in Ancient Ships,the manifestation of humanism spirit and its reflection.