新加坡小说《昭南岛的故事》中的二战记忆书写

Memories of World War II in the Singaporean Novel "The Story of Shonan Island"

《昭南岛的故事》是当代新马抗战华文文学的代表作之一,是李过根据搜集的战争亲历者和幸存者关于二战的回忆记载,基于历史经验,并结合史实进行构思而成。小说通过对一众小人物所思所为所遇的文学叙事,揭示了战时新加坡本土民族主义的觉醒与帝国统治衰落的过往,再现了日据时期新加坡各个阶层面对日本占领和高压统治表现出的抵抗、合作与中立的芸芸众生相,尤其建构了检证大屠杀给新加坡人民带来的集体创伤。小说所形塑的新加坡华人社会关于二战的集体记忆承载着作者铭记过往,建构身份认同与纾解疗愈集体创伤的意旨,也体现了新加坡华文文学界“我不记录,谁记录”的家国责任与担当。

"The Story of Zhaonan Island" is one of the representative works of contemporary Chinese literature during the Singapore and Malaysia Anti-japanese War.It was conceived by Li Guo based on the memories of war witnesses and survivors about World War II,historical experience,and historical facts.The novel reveals the awakening of local nationalism and the decline of imperial rule in Singapore during the war through a literary narrative of the thoughts,actions,and encounters of a group of small characters.It represents the resistance,cooperation,and neutrality exhibited by various social classes in Singapore during the Japanese occupation and high-pressure rule,and particularly constructs evidence of the collective trauma caused by the Holocaust to the Singaporean people.The collective memory of the Singaporean Chinese community about World War II shaped by the novel,carries the author's intention of remembering the past,constructing identity and relieving collective injuries,and also reflects the national responsibility and responsibility of the Singaporean Chinese literary community of "I do not record,who records".