The story of a country girl entering the city——on Wang Anyi's urban and rural writing
乡下女进城记——论王安忆的城乡书写

摘要

王安忆在新世纪以来的小说创作中，持续关注城乡关系的断裂与融合，对于“乡下女进城”这一现象在文本中也有所呈现。以《富萍》和《上种红菱下种藕》为核心文本，文章探讨了乡村女性在进城过程中所面临的性别规训、生存压力与成长环境，揭示她们在社会转型与现代化进程中的精神漂泊与身份焦虑。通过细腻的日常化叙述，王安忆刻画了女性在城乡夹缝中的挣扎与坚韧，表达了对边缘个体深切的人文关怀，也赋予都市叙事以更加复杂和多元的文化内涵。

Abstract

Since the beginning of the new century, Wang Anyi’s fiction has consistently focused on the disjunction and integration between urban and rural spaces, with particular attention to the phenomenon of “rural women entering the city.” Using Fuping and Plant Water Chestnuts Above, Lotus Roots Below as core texts, this study explores the gendered norms, survival pressures and growth environments that rural women encounter in the process of urban migration. It reveals their experiences of spiritual dislocation and identity anxiety amid social transformation and modernization. Through subtle, everyday narratives, Wang Anyi vividly portrays the struggles and resilience of women caught between the rural and the urban, expressing a profound humanistic concern for marginalized individuals and enriching urban narratives with greater cultural complexity and diversity.