文学想象与“文化共同体”——从《鲁迅〈故乡〉阅读史》一书谈起

《鲁迅〈故乡〉阅读史》一书,是藤井省三从事鲁迅研究二十年来的总结之作。本书从鲁迅的短篇小说《故乡》入手,以文学社会学方法透视现代中国知识群体的阅读情况,考察＂想象的共同体＂如何发挥民族国家建构的作用。其＂小题大做,旁敲侧击＂,力图呈现的可谓是＂文学的社会史＂。从《鲁迅〈故乡〉阅读史》的脉络转到村上春树的中国阅读史研究,藤井为自己的研究对象构筑了开阔的时空关系,看似天马行空的论述背后,其一以贯之的文化体认也蕴蓄其中。

THE IM AGINATION OF LITERATURE AND THE "CULTURAL COM M UNITY"Starting from"The Reading History of Lu Xun's My Old Home"

As a sum m ary of FujiiShozo＇s study ofLu Xun in tw o decades,the very book titled The Reading History of Lu Xun＇s My Old Home focuses on Lu Xun＇s short story My Old Home, to present the reading situation of m odern Chinese intellectuals, thus to investigate how ＂im agined com m unity＂play the role in the construction of nation.From The Reading History of Lu Xun＇s My Old Home to Chinese reading history research of H aruki Murakam i, the w ay Fujii Shozo uses sociology of literature as an approach m akes his research have a broad perspective and a consistent cultural identity.