沈从文小说螺旋式时间结构

原始基督教、印度的佛教、中国的禅宗和道家都隐含着一个圆形时间信仰。沈从文受其影响在单篇小说内部也建构了近似圆形的时间结构。从他的整体构思来看,美伦美奂的湘西投射着仙乡神话的影子,是“乐园”图式;城市小说是“失乐园”的书写,失乐园又可找寻到变形神话的踪迹;唯美湘西的回归是永恒的守望,这遵循了螺旋式时间结构。

Spiral Time Structure of Shen Congwen''''s Novels

Primitive Christianity, Buddhism, Dhyana and Taoism all imply a round-time belief. Under these influence Shen Congwen founded an approximately round-time structure inside one novel. In his whole design, magnificent Xiangxi casts a shadow of fairyland mythology, a paradise. Urban novel is a kind of writing about elapsed paradise in which we can find the trace of deformed myth. The return of aestheticism is eternal pursuit. It follows a spiral time structure.