《长恨歌》:建立现代都市民间神话的一种努力

王安忆的《长恨歌》虽然创作于上个世纪的八九十年代,然而无论从写作手法还是叙事角度方面看,都与盛行于上个世纪三四十年代的“鸳鸯蝴蝶派”有很多相似之处,呈现出明显的海派文化特征。《长恨歌》与现代都市民间神话的关系具体说来就是:现代都市民间叙事是以现代都市世俗审美叙事的方式出现的;《长恨歌》体现了对启蒙话语的消解;《长恨歌》中所描写和弘扬的道德与人情之高尚充分体现了世俗之美。

Song of Eternal Sorrow: a diligence of establishing folk myth of modern metropolis

Although Wang An-yi's Song of Eternal Sorrow was created in the ages of 80-90 over the last century,both its writing skill and narrative angle has many similar places to the mandarin duck butterfly faction and presents the culture,characteristic of the obvious Shanghai school.The relation of Song of Eternal Sorrow with the folk myth of modern metropolis is folk narration of modern metropolis appears by the worldly esthetic narrative way of modern metropolis.Song of Eternal Sorrow manifested understanding of initiational words.The great honor of morals and human sentiment which was described and magnified in Song of Eternal Sorrow manifests beauty of the world fully.