从《天香》看王安忆创作的转型

Tianxiang and the Transformation of Wang-Anyi’s Works

从《长恨歌》到《富萍》、《上采红菱下种藕》,王安忆一直试图从日常生活的角度探索上海精神的本质。但是,世俗生活景象描绘到极致的时候,就会堙没于琐碎的细节之中,文章变得扁平。因此,《天香》是继《遍地枭雄》之后,王安忆探索上海精神之路上的又一次重要转型。王安忆通过设置与《红楼梦》中传统士大夫园林不同的天香园,试图在世俗生活中发现“雅趣”,以“雅”来提升日常生活的精神层面。以俗为底衬,以雅为雕饰,雅俗并济,乃是王安忆想要表现的上海精神的实质。

From A Song of Everlasting Sorrow to Fupin and Harvesting Water Caltrops and Lotus Rroots, Wang-Anyi has beentrying to find the essence ofShanghaispirit in her works. However, her novels may be flooded by a large amount ofdetails when too much attention is paid to the everyday life. Tianxiang, following Ambitious HeroesAround, represents an importanttransformation in her writings. Wang-Anyi createsTianxiangGardenin the novel, whose structure is different from the garden in A Dream of Red Mansions, searching thepoliteness taste in everyday life and elevating mental level. TheShanghaispirit which Wang-Anyi tries to find is a vulgar attitude combined with politeness.