贾平凹是比较集中地体现了民间精神的小说大家,也是承载乡土、关注社会变革、又不断寻求精神突围与灵魂救赎的作家。在他的作品中已经具有了充分的人类意识和对文学人类性意蕴的追求,无论是对陕西民俗的展示还是其对禅宗文化的推崇与践行,贾平凹践行着“文以载道”的中国文学的优良传统,而又紧紧抓住“民间”这根滋润的文学水草,始终站在人的角度触摸人性、体悟人生,关注现实,又通古喻今。从文学人类学的视角切入对贾平凹作品的研究,揭示其中的婚俗、性、说唱、医药、禅宗等人类学元素,借以拓展贾平凹作品的研究视域。
The works of Jia Pingwa, representative of the writers of the folk mentality, embody the unflagging search for spirituality and spiritual redemption as well as the contemporary social reform, particularly of the rural areas. In his novels can be felt his anthropological awareness and his pursuit for anthropological significance of literature. His artistic display of the rural folklore in Shanxi Province and his implementation of the Zen practice are continuation of the positive Confucian faith in "art as the vehicle of the Tao', touching the very chord of the traditional Chinese psychology of human nature versus human life.