王蒙:百年历史反思的经典奉献——再论《活动变人形》的思想与艺术

Wang Meng: classical contribution to century's reflection——Again on "A Changing Humar Figure

长篇小说《活动变人形》既是王蒙创作道路上一部堪称里程碑式的作品,也是王蒙对民族百年历史深刻反思的经典奉献。作家怀着强烈的忧患意识,对中华五千年传统文明、文化、历史、人性和知识分子问题进行了形象的思考和深刻的反思。作品通过倪吾诚的家庭纠纷和争斗,写出了资本主义与封建家庭的极端腐败和溃灭,资产阶级及其意识形态的软弱性,人民革命的必然性,以及改造中国文化形态的艰巨性。同时也写出了在这种蜕变期里,知识分子及没落地主分子的绝望、扭曲和痛苦。

The novel A changing Human Figure represents the landmark on wang meng's road of literary creation,and it is also his classic works about the deep reflection on the hundreds of years of history.With a strong consciousness of misery or dis- aster,the writer thinks and reflects vividly and deeply about the five thousand years of conventional civilization,a history togeth- er with human nature and the problems existing in the intellectuals.With the description of the entanglement and struggle of Ni Wucheng's family,the novel presents the extreme corruption and the crumbling of capitalism and feudalistic family,and indi- cates the feebleness of capitalistic ideology and the inevitability of domestic revolution.Meanwhile the novel also sees the arduous work that we should do to shape(reconstruct)the culture of our nation.Moreover,more,the despair,distortion and agony of men of letters and downfallen landlords in the special period of metamorphosis are also revealed in this novel.