王小波的《黄金时代》揭示了一个特殊时代的"人"的困境,但困境背后深隐着文化、政治、道德、性别关系等诸多问题,问题聚焦于陈清扬和王二这对男女的"性事",对此的命名、评判和惩罚使"性"成为诸般观念和力量博弈的战场。作者以"黑色幽默"的叙事风格描述了处于劣势的当事人如何以理性清明的坚定信念和狂欢化的游戏策略,逆转了无端受虐的人生颓势,从而最大限度地实现了个人的自我救赎,因之,《黄金时代》在"文学是人学"的层面展现了王小波的雄心和抱负,也在此高度呈现了这部经典的价值。
Summary of Wang Xiaobo's "Golden Age" reveals a special era of the "human" predicament, but deeply hidden behind the plight of the cultural, political, moral, gender relations and many other issues, problems focus on Cben Qingyang and Wang Er, the man and woman " sex " , which are named, judged and punished so as to make the "sex" become all sorts of ideas and the power game of the battlefield. The author describes, in the narrative style of "black humor", how the parties at a disadvantage reverse the decline in life un- provoked abuse, in the firm belief and in a rational, clear and bright carnival game strategies, which maximizes the individual's self- salvation. Consequently, the "Golden age", on the level of "literature is the study of humans" , demonstrates Wang Xiaobo's ambitions and aspirations, and also presents the value of this classic .