是经济贫困还是文化贫困?--评第三届鲁迅文学奖中篇小说《好大一对羊》

云南昭通市作家夏天敏的中篇小说<好大一对羊>的深刻之处,是作者对红土高原农民生命处境的烦扰窘困背后的文化贫困进行思考,可作为当下中国贫困山区人们生存状态、思维方式、价值取向的批判性文本.作品在揭露扶贫工作中存在的形式主义、官僚主义给当地群众带来灾难的同时,揭示出来自农民思想意识深处的文化贫困.从而使读者认识到,对贫困地区的扶贫不仅仅是经济上的扶贫,更为重要的是文化上的扶贫.

Economic Poverty or Cultural Poverty?On A Pair of Large Sheep by Xia Tianmin

A Pair of Large Sheep , a novelette by Xia Tianmin who is a writer from Zhaotong of Yunnan, has rich connotations. This novelette reveals the author's concern with the physical and cultural poverty of Yunnan red-soil highland farmers, their living conditions, ways of thinking and value orientation. While exposing the superficial style and bureaucracy in the poverty-eradication work, the author points out that their established ideas are the real cause of their poverty and that they need not only economic support but also cultural support.