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田中阳:阎真的长篇《曾在天涯》(人民文学出版社1996年版)是当代海外文学一个真正的艺术品,不论从精神深度还是艺术表达看,都将海外文学向前推进了实质性一步。小说对生存意义的追问,对生命终极价值的疑虑,贯穿始终的时空意识和对世纪之末中国知识分子心态的把握,都使海外文学在当代文学格局中的精神分量进入了一个新阶段。我想责任编辑正是在这个意义上称之为“中国大陆留学文学的第二代作品”的。
Tian Zhongyang: Yan Zhen’s long article “Once Upon a Time” (People’s Literature Publishing House, 1996 edition) is a true art piece of contemporary overseas literature. Overseas literature has taken a substantive step forward both in terms of spiritual depth and artistic expression . The pursuit of the meaning of life, doubts about the ultimate value of life, the constant awareness of space and time and the mastery of the mentality of Chinese intellectuals towards the end of the century all make the spiritual component of overseas literature in contemporary literary world enter a new stage. I think it is in this sense that the responsible editor calls it “the second generation of literature for study in mainland China.”