문학인류학적 관점에서 고찰하는 상하이 민족지(3) - 『푸핑』

Abstract

This article take a novel text which have been recognized as afiction as a ethnography text. As an ethnographist went into thefield, investigated it for a definite period of time through theparticipant observation and interviewing key persons, lastly wrote aethnography, an author did a field work, participant observationand interview. In this article, I took Fuping as a Shanghaiethnography and Fuping’s moving line ― from Huaihai road toSuzhou river, and from there to Meijiaqiao ― as a participantobservation of ethnographist. Frankly speaking, Fuping is not agood observer, but she had help from reflective narrator author hadarranged, and completed a Shanghai ethnography of 1960s. In thetext, WANG Anyi made Fuping who migrated into Shanghai in1964 as a focus character and described things that she saw,listened, experienced in Shanghai. Through the text, we’ll be ableto get a wide view and understanding of the situation aboutentering city of farmers and their observation in the city. WANG told about the space and people of Shanghai in 1964-1965. Shedescribed how Shanghairen gathered on this city focusing on themigration.