书写战争的另一种方法:新世纪伊拉克战争小说的叙事变奏

An Alternative Approach to Writing About War:Narrative Variations in the Iraqi War Novel of the New Century

新世纪伊拉克战争小说摆脱了萨达姆执政时期政治对文学创作的深层干预,展露出超逾庸常的战争审美新貌。一批跨时代作家以叙事艺术的变奏重新厘定历史、暴力与叙事之间的经纬关联。他们或借着“小叙事”对传统战争书写中的英雄主义论调进行降奏,透过“伊拉克人”的特定视域推动、促进战争书写的家庭转向,又或在战争记忆的阡陌间再探传记书写之灵感,以文体的迭新与超越因应伊拉克战争历史之新变。新世纪伊拉克战争小说的叙事变奏既是对整个阿拉伯民族难以逃逸的战争诡局的有力见证,更是为贬驳战争本恶、颂扬生命崇高而拨奏的时代乐章。

The Iraqi war novel of the new century has extricated itself from the deep political interference in literature during Saddam's reign,revealing a new aesthetic vision of war that seeks to subvert the stereotype.A group of writers spanning different generations have redefined the complex connections between history,violence and narrative through the variations of narrative art.They have demystified heroism in traditional war writing by utilizing“small narrative”,emphasizing the theme of family in war writing from the specific perspective of“Iraqis”.Additionally,they have explored the creative inspiration of biographical writing in war memory to respond to the changes in the history of the Iraqi war with the renewal and transcendence of the genre.The narrative variations in the Iraqi war novel of the new century are not only a testimony to the inescapable plight of the Arab nation during times of war,but also a time-honored symphony that denounces the evil of war and celebrates the nobility of life.