许艳文的《空城》、《雨城》、《戏城》三个系列中篇小说,各自相对独立,又有着内在的紧密联系,如果说《空城》是女性对理想的幻灭;那么,《雨城》和《戏城》则是女性对世俗现实的抗争,虽然抗争也许是无力的、甚至是悲剧性的,但毕竟是在抗争。从题目上看,作者也是匠心独运,寄寓了深刻的内涵和寓意。 Xu Yanwen’s three series of novella, “Empty City,” “Rain City,” and “City of the Opera,” are relatively independent and intimately linked to each other. If “empty city” is a disillusionment of women with their ideals, then “rain city” and “Drama City” is the struggle of women against secular reality. Although the struggle may be weak and even tragic, it is a struggle after all. From the point of view, the author is also imaginative, send a deep connotation and moral.