论江苏作家农民工题材小说中的“城市”与“乡村”意象

摘要

As the extension of the local novels ,the narrative space of the migrant workers’ novels involves two spaces :city and countryside ,which makes two kinds of image group :“city”and“village”in these no-vels .These images in migrant workers’ novels of of Jiangsu writers form two great cultural narrative spaces together ,w hich construct urban and rural cultural conflict .T hese“city” and“village”images also express a cultural journey of migrant workers from the “native China” to “China city” .In these novels money and material of city have impact on the rural ethics rooted in local cultural tradition of migrant workers .During the pursuit of material and modern civilization ,the local traditional ethics is lost .In these novels ,through these“city”and“village”images ,the w riters express the rural cultural nostalgia ,the el-egy of villages disappearing and deep worries about the imbalance of urban ecological ethics .%农民工题材小说作为乡土小说的延伸和拓展，其叙事空间涉及城市和乡村两个层面，由此在小说中形成了“城市”与“乡村”两类意象群。江苏作家的农民工题材小说中的“城市”与“乡村”意象共同形成了两个巨大的文化叙事空间，两类意象的建构演绎成了具象化的城乡文化冲突。“城市”与“乡村”意象更多承载的是农民工从“乡土中国”到“城市中国”的文化之旅，农民工们根植于乡土文化传统的乡村伦理道德，受到来自城市金钱与物质的冲击，在追求物质和现代文明的同时，传统的乡土伦理丧失。在此类小说中，乡村文化的恋乡情结、村庄消逝的家园悲歌，以及城市生态伦理失衡后的深层隐忧被作家内蕴于“城乡”意象之中。