蒙正和长篇小说《蝴蝶谷之恋》蕴含的文化自信

The Cultural Confidence Implied in Meng Zhenhe's Novel Butterfly Valley Love

蒙正和长篇小说《蝴蝶谷之恋》以滇缅抗战为背景,通过讲述一个美国飞行员在中国的遭际,为读者呈现一个典型的中国故事。这个中国故事蕴含了21世纪20年代中国人的文化自信,主要表现在人物塑造彰显文化自信、民间生活描写寄寓文化自信、“外来者”形象凸显文化自信三方面。小说为读者建构了一个讲述中国故事、彰显文化自信的意义空间。

Meng Zhenghe's novel Butterfly Valley Love is set against the backdrop of the Battle in Northern Burma and Western Yunnan during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,and presents a typical Chinese story to readers by telling the story of an American pilot's experience in China.This Chinese story embodies the cultural confidence of the Chinese people in the 1920s,mainly manifested in three aspects:portraying characters with cultural confidence,portraying rural life with cultural confidence,and presenting cultural confidence through foreign settings.The novel constructs a meaningful space for readers to tell Chinese stories and showcase cultural confidence.