民族传统的焦虑与希冀——重读孙健忠《舍巴日》

在当代作家中,土家族作家孙健忠较早地以小说的形式表达了自己对文化冲突、价值错位的深刻思考.二十多年后再读他的中篇小说《舍巴日》,非但不过时,反倒更有启发.通过对土家民俗的巧妙运用,孙健忠在《舍巴日》中表达了对土家文化中的一些陋习的揭露和批判、对技术时代异化现象的质疑和担忧、对土家族历史文化传统的思考以及对民族未来的希冀和自信.多重的主题在文中并不紊乱生硬,相反,它使得小说蕴藉无穷.不管是作品的艺术手法还是思想内涵,都愈发显出不可低估的价值来.

Anxiety and Expectation about National Tradition

Among the contemporary writers of China, Sun Jian-zhong expressed his consideration of cultural conflicts early. Re- reading ＂The Day of Sheba＂ after more than 20 years, we can find more different meanings. Through the folklore of Tujia, Sun Jianzhong criticizes the corrupt Customs of Tujia Minority. Meanwhile, he possesses great self-confidence for the future of Tujia Minority. Multiple topics make the article more worthy of profound thinking. It shows its great value both in artistic techniques and in ideological connotation.