迟子建长篇小说《额尔古纳河右岸》因描写鄂温克族的萨满文化传统而备受瞩目。然而,该文作者依据文化人类学理论,通过对作品文学创作状态的考察,则发现该部小说有着明显的写作局限。小说虽然生动展现了有关萨满教的文化风情、信仰习俗和仪式行为,却对风俗之后的灵魂世界、宗教的自由精神、仪式的超越性等萨满教本质特征鲜有触及。 Chi Zijian’s novel “The Right Bank of the Argun River” has drawn much attention due to the description of the Wenger Shaman culture. However, based on the theory of cultural anthropology, the author of this article finds that the novel has obvious limitations in writing through the investigation of the writing state of his works. Although the novel vividly shows the cultural customs, religious customs and ritual behaviors of Shamanism, it has little to do with the essential characteristics of Shamanism such as custom world, religion’s free spirit and ritual transcendence.