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文艺理论研究 ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 113-125.

• 现当代文论研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

情与中国性:沈从文对《野叟曝言》苗地建构的承续与改写

苏文健, 陈泽锟   

  • 出版日期:2024-01-25 发布日期:2024-03-07
  • 作者简介:苏文健,文学博士,华侨大学文学院、华侨大学中外文学与翻译研究中心副教授,主要从事文艺理论、中国现当代文学研究。陈泽锟,瑞典斯德哥尔摩大学亚洲研究硕士研究生,主要从事比较文学、文化研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社科基金重大项目“华人学者中国文艺理论及思想的文献整理与研究”[项目编号:18ZDA265]阶段性成果。

Emotion and Chineseness: Shen Congwen's Continuation and Rewriting of the Miao Region Construction in A Country Codger's Words of Exposure

Su Wenjian, Chen Zekun   

  • Online:2024-01-25 Published:2024-03-07
  • About author:Su Wenjian, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the College of Humanities and the Center for Chinese and Foreign Literature and Translation Research, Huaqiao University. His research interests include literary theory, modern Chinese literature. Chen Zekun is a postgraduate in Asian Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden. His research interests include comparative literature and cultural studies.
  • Supported by:
    Major Project of National Social Sciences Foundation of China(18ZDA265).

摘要: 西南苗地的情爱故事是贯穿沈从文小说的重要主题,其笔下故事的发生地“湘西”也因此世界闻名。沈从文对苗地湘西的文学建构如何受到前现代文学文本的影响,却是一个常被忽略的问题。沈从文小说的苗地建构,与《野叟曝言》中言说苗地的话语书写之间有着重要的承续关系:一是共享明清时期的“苗地知识系统”,二是均围绕“情”和“中国性”的话语从本地人的视角对苗地展开文学空间的审美建构。具体言之,以《边城》为例,在半殖民地中国的新情势下,沈从文经由书写苗地之“情”,重新定义了“何为中国”,从而将传统文学遗产创造性地转化为对帝国主义的批判和对另类现代性的呼吁。

关键词: 情, 中国性, 《野叟曝言》, 沈从文, 苗地建构

Abstract: Love stories of the southwestern Miao region is an important subject in Shen Congwen's fictional works, which also contribute to Xiangxi's reputation. The ways in which Shen Congwen's literary construction of the Miao region was informed by pre-modern literary texts, however, are often overlooked. An important connection can be observed between the portrayal of the Miao region in Shen Congwen's fiction and the similar discourse found in A Country Codger's Words of Exposure. Firstly, both works draw upon the knowledge system of the Ming and Qing dynasties regarding the Miao region. Secondly, they both explore the aesthetic construction of the literary space in this region from the perspective of the local people, emphasizing emotions and Chineseness. In Border Town, for instance, Shen Congwen redefines “what China is” during the country's semi-colonial period by delving into the emotions of the Miao region. This creative transformation of traditional literary heritage serves as a critique of imperialism and a call for alternative modernity.

Key words: emotion, Chineseness, A Country Codger's Words of Exposure, Shen Congwen, Miao region construction