《西游记》神魔叙述的“食货”结构形态

《西游记》在充分凸现神魔人欲的过程中,还别具匠心地让他们的各种经济诉求参与叙事,并使包含着丰富的世俗经济寓意的"食货"成为故事的构架。首先,在小说的叙事运动中,许多故事围绕"财货"的贪取而展开,上至佛祖,下至妖魔,几乎无不见财眼开,拨弄是非,制造麻烦,将取经故事搞得曲曲折折。其次,小说注意围绕"嘴巴"做文章,取经人要解决斋饭问题,孙悟空每一次化斋常常是妖怪攫取唐僧的最佳时机;而妖怪每一次邀请长辈来吃唐僧肉又都为孙悟空搭救师父赢得了战机。孙悟空、猪八戒也往往分别因为一时贪嘴而引出祸端。再次,在历次降妖除魔过程中,孙悟空的"买卖经"也引发了很多话题,小说据此推出了精于算计而又包赚不亏之类的基本叙述模式和构架。

"Food and Goods" Structure of Deity and Devil Narration in Journey to the West

In the process of fully describing the deity's and devil's desire of being human being,Journey to the West also expresses their demand of various economical motivation skillfully by making the worldly food and goods become the model.First,many stories develop on the basis of the roles' greed for goods,as a result of which the novel becomes more interesting.Second,the novel puts the focus on eating.On the road to the west,the issue of eating must be solved.Therefore,it is the best chance for the devil to cat...