The image of "madman" in Ge Fei's works

- Thoughts on reading Ge Fei's "Jiangnan Trilogy"

(Re-reading Ge Fei's novels during the holidays (Occasionally, I have a small feeling)

The use of weird images such as madmen and fools as entry points in literary works has always been favored by writers. In modern and contemporary literature, there are many novels about madmen. . Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman", Xu Qinwen's "The Mad Woman", Can Xue's "The Cabin on the Mountain", etc. were all very successful in depicting the image of madmen, and then Bing Zai in Han Shaogong's "Daddy" and Alai's "The Dust Settled" The images of "madmen" such as the Second Young Master Tusi left a deep impression on people. As Wang Dewei pointed out, "In the history of modern Chinese literature, no period has produced so many weird and deformed images as in the 1980s. A dazzling variety of characters strode onto the stage and became Dominator: From deaf and mute people to hunchbacks and disabled people, from idiots and lunatics to disabled bodies and tortured souls, from surreal and terrifying creatures to the living dead, a large number of 'weird images' emerge from the dark ground. Come, step under the spotlight, and become the new favorite of novelists."

This perspective of writing weird images has been greatly expanded in "avant-garde literature." "Avant-garde literature" has given people a strong visual and emotional impact since its appearance, and the "ugliness" and absurdity of human beings have been repeatedly written by them. As the main force of the avant-garde, Ge Fei's novels not only have labyrinthine and vacuous narratives, but also unique characters. He spared no effort in writing the image of madmen. For example, Du Yu and Li Li in "The Fool's Poems", Song Zijin in "The Banner of Desire", Chief Wei in "Mosaic", Lu Yan in "Fake", Zhao Shaozhong in "The Enemy", etc. are all readers Known madman.

Ge Fei has been moving forward in the world of literature, from "Human Face Peach Blossom" to "Mountains and Rivers Entering Dreams" to "Spring Ends in Jiangnan". Ge Fei spent more than ten years writing this " "Jiangnan Trilogy" presents the various life styles of different classes in China over the past century. As Ge Fei said in an interview: "There are some structural connections between the 'trilogy' and some special continuity." The stories in the three novels all take place in Meicheng, and all involve Huajiashe. In addition, some of the protagonists are mentally abnormal, mentally unsound, or regarded as crazy by others. For example, Lu Kan, Lu Xiumi, Zhang Jiyuan and Wang Chengguan in "Human Facial Peach Blossom", Tan Gongda and Yao Peipei in "Mountains and Rivers Enter a Dream", Tan Duanwu, Feng Yanhe and Wang Yuanqing in "Spring Ends in Jiangnan", etc.

The author's own continuous efforts have also led to the continuous expansion of the current academic field and perspective on Ge Fei's research, which mainly reflects: starting from the study of Ge Fei, and then paying attention to the development of the entire avant-garde literature, such as Wang Cong's " The transformation of avant-garde novel creation since the 1990s - represented by Su Tong, Yu Hua and Ge Fei", etc.; Compare Ge Fei with other writers, such as Wang Zhimou's "On the Influence of Borges on Ge Fei" in which Ge Fei Comparing Chinese and Western ideas with Borges in Latin America, for example, Hu Heqing's "On Ge Fei, Su Tong, Yu Hua and Shushu Culture" places Ge Fei among contemporary writers for reference and comparison; there are also articles based on postmodernism, Explore the charm of Ge Fei's novels from the perspectives of existentialism, psychoanalysis, and narratology, such as Wu Lailai's "Research on Narrative Strategies of Ge Fei's Novels" and so on. In addition, there are very few papers and monographs that focus on and deeply study the image of madmen in Ge Fei's works. The only thing the author could search in the journal network was Li Yusen's "On Madman Narratives in Ge Fei's Novels". The article mainly discussed the origin and various narrative forms of madman narratives in all Ge Fei's novels from a narrative perspective.

But in general, the current academic research on the image of madmen in Ge Fei's works is still very thin, and focusing solely on the image of madmen in Ge Fei's "Jiangnan Trilogy" is still a gap.

After reading the "Trilogy", I found that the madmen in the works are related by blood or marriage in their families, and their crazy directions are also similar. You must know that exploring the "Trilogy" from the perspective of the family nature of madmen can not only see the overall image and significance of the madmen in Ge Fei's works from a macro perspective, and clarify some of their common directions in the spirit, but also can see it from a micro perspective. Zhongti appreciates Gefei's continuous concern for people's own destiny.

This system project needs to be read carefully and studied in depth in the future~

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Text/Dian Heng