发现故乡：论现代乡土小说的“民俗”视野

研究者多将20世纪20年代乡土小说作家对故乡＂民俗＂的呈现视为是一种客观写实性反映,却忽略了乡土小说创作与这一时期＂民俗＂概念的引进、作家＂民俗＂视野的建构之间的互动关系,究其底乃是对＂民俗＂这一概念的历史性缺乏敏感。因为＂民俗＂是一个现代概念,把故土的种种行为方式、生活习惯视为＂民风民俗＂来进行写作和评论乃是一种现代性现象。对＂民俗＂视野建构过程的分析将深化对乡土小说现代性内涵的认识。

Discovering Hometown: On the "Folklore" Notion in Modern Local Fictions

Generally,researchers see the presentation of ＂folk customs＂ in 1920＇s local fictions as writers＇ impersonal and realistic narration,but neglect the interactive relation of local fiction creation with the introduction of ＂folklore＂ concept at the time and the construction of writers＇ ＂folklore＂ notion,because they are not aware of the historic significance of ＂folklore＂ concept.In fact,＂folklore＂ is a modern concept,so it is a modern phenomenon for writers or critics to compose or review the hometown habits and customs as ＂folk customs＂.To analyze the construction process of ＂folklore＂ vision may deepen the study of the modern meaning of local fictions.