当代家族小说的历史叙事

摘要

The family has played a key role in Chinese society and culture,while the concept of"coconstruction of family and country"has had far-reaching influence in China for thousands of years which is echoed in the prosperity of saga novels in literary creation.Since 1978,especially in the 21st century,with the rapid steps of modernization,marketization and globalization,the social transformation of China has brought unprecedented changes to the life of the people and their concepts.The dramatic historical,social and ideological changes are reflected in literary creation,especially the prosperity of saga novels which finds expression in the following aspects:the integration of the family history with the revolutionary history,the national history,the rural history and the spiritual history, the emphasis of personal and folkloric perspectives and a unique aesthetic consciousness of history.%家族在中国社会及文化中具有重要的历史地位,数千年"家国同构"的观念影响深远,投射到文学创作中则表现为家族小说的兴盛.进入新时期特别是21世纪以来,随着现代化、市场化及全球化进程的迅速蔓延,社会转型给人的存在及观念带来了前所未有的嬗变.这一巨大的时代、社会、思想变迁,反映在文学创作活动中,一个重要方面则是家族小说的博兴,呈现出家族史与革命史、民族史、乡村史、心灵史相融合的特征,注重从个人化、民间化的考察视角,体现出较为独特的历史审美意识.