非成人视角的叙事策略——萧红“忆家”题材系列与严歌苓《穗子物语》合论

儿童的、非成人的叙事视角,是为不少中国现当代作家所青睐的叙事策略。萧红"忆家"题材系列(《呼兰河传》、《小城三月》、《家族以外的人》、《后花园》等)与严歌苓《穗子物语》系列小说,虽然创作的时间间隔已逾半个世纪,但是在叙事技巧的选取方面,却有殊途同归的惊人相似——通过儿童的、非成人的叙事视角的娴熟运用,以不同于"宏大历史叙事"的叙述方式,在难得的女性视野的展开中,实现作家独特的历史记忆与个人体验的双重书写。而且两位作家在叙事探索方面所呈现的微细的差异,也别具意味。

The Story Telling Tactics in a Non-adult Perspective:A Statement on the Family Series of XIAO Hong and YAN Ge-ling's The Grain Talking

The childish and non-adult perspective in story telling is a popular tactic that many writers have followed in contemporary China. XIAO HONG's family series such as Hulan River,The March of the Town,People outside of the Family,The Back Yard,etc.,which were written earlier beyond half of a century than YAN Ge-ling's fiction series of The Grain Talking,but the tactics of their writings with shocking similarity:in the perspective of childish and non-adult,they use their female angle to complete the their writings with their unique historical memory and individual experiences,which was quite differ- ent with the tactics of narrating of the big historical event,nonetheless,there are some delicate differ- ences in the two women writers writing method,which is also with special character.