失独体验下的身份与生命之思——试论沈从文的小说《爹爹》

沈从文在其小说《爹爹》中,以悲悯的笔调抒写了傩寿失去独子后的自虐回忆体验和孤独悲伤体验。这种失独体验的背后,一方面是傩寿作为"爹爹"的身份丧失后而感到焦虑和孤立,令其余生不知如何安放;另一方面也折射出沈从文自身的创伤性经验以及他关于生命严肃性和文学意义的思考。

Thoughts of Identity and Life under the Experience of Losing Only Child-A Discussion on Shen Cong-wen＆#39;s Novel Daddy

Shen Cong-wen, with a tone of compassion , describes the masochistic recall and lonely sad experience of Nuo Shou after los -ing his only son .Behind this experience of losing only child , on the one hand , this novel expresses Nuo Shou ’ s feeling of anxiety and isolation after losing the identity as “daddy”, making him not know how to spend the rest of his life;on the other hand , it reflects Shen Cong-wen’ s traumatic experience and his thinking about life seriousness and the meaning of literature .