日常叙事与都市记忆的建构——浅析王安忆《长恨歌》

The Construction of Everyday Narrative and Urban Memory—A Brief Analysis of Wang Anyi’s Song of Everlasting Sorrow

摘要: 王安忆的《长恨歌》作为中国当代都市文学的里程碑式作品，以日常化的叙事笔触，将弄堂烟火、市井琐碎、个体闲居等日常场景转化为都市记忆的载体，完成了对上海都市精神与市民文化的记忆建构。本文以叙事学理论为支撑，聚焦《长恨歌》中的日常叙事策略，剖析小说如何通过日常细节、空间意象与个体经验，承载上海的都市记忆，探讨日常叙事与都市记忆建构之间的内在关联，揭示作品中都市记忆的文化内涵与审美价值。王安忆以细腻的日常叙事消解了宏大历史对都市记忆的遮蔽，将个体日常经验与都市集体记忆相融合，既留存了上海的市民文明与都市肌理，也暗含了对现代都市文明异化的反思，为当代都市文学中都市记忆的书写提供了重要范本与独特思路。

Abstract: Wang Anyi’s Song of Everlasting Sorrow stands as a landmark in contemporary Chinese urban literature, transforming mundane urban scenes—such as alleyway life, street-level trivialities, and individual leisure—into vessels of urban memory through its everyday narrative style, thereby constructing a collective memory of Shanghai’s urban spirit and civic culture. This study, grounded in narratology theory, focuses on the novel’s everyday narrative strategies, analyzing how it conveys Shanghai’s urban memory through daily details, spatial imagery, and individual experiences. It explores the intrinsic connection between everyday narration and the construction of urban memory, revealing the cultural connotations and aesthetic value of the urban memory depicted in the work. By adopting delicate everyday narratives, Wang Anyi dismantles the obscuring effects of grand history on urban memory, blending individual daily experiences with collective urban recollections. This approach not only preserves the civic civilization and urban texture of old Shanghai but also subtly reflects on the alienation of modern urban civilization, offering a crucial model and unique perspective for the portrayal of urban memory in contemporary urban literature.