五四文学命题的延展与重审:从《财主底儿女们》谈起

The Extension and Re-examination of the May Fourth Literary Proposition:Beginning with The Children of the Rich Man

在民族解放战争语境下,当五四文学的启蒙姿态渐渐被遮蔽时,路翎执著地选择接续五四文学命题、还原五四传统的写作路向。一方面,他认同五四文学命题在文学现代化进程中不断被吸纳、被阐释的合理性;另一方面,他又不得不对五四文学命题的有效性与可信度产生质疑。在《财主底儿女们》中,路翎用蒋纯祖的悲剧否定了五四文学对个人主义的乐观书写,从性别等级维度反思了五四文学将女性解放作为反封建武器的局限性,并以蒋家儿女“离家—回归”的情节结构模式完成了五四文学对传统家族文化绝决批判的修正。

In the context of the National Liberation War,when the enlightenment posture of May Fourth literature was gradually ob⁃scured,Lu Ling persistently chose to continue the May Fourth literary proposition and restore the writing direction of the May Fourth tradition.On the one hand,he agreed with the rationality of the May Fourth literary proposition that had been continuously absorbed and interpreted in the process of literary modernization,and on the other hand,he had to question the validity and credibility of the May Fourth literary proposition.In The Children of the Rich Man,Lu Ling used the tragedy of Jiang Chunzu to negate the optimistic writing of individualism in May Fourth literature,and from the perspective of gender hierarchy,he reflected on the limitations of May Fourth literature's use of women's liberation as an anti-feudal weapon.He used the plot structure model of the children of the Jiang family to‘leave home and return’to complete the revision of the May Fourth literature’s resolute criticism of traditional family culture.