《日夜书》超越了以往知青题材的写作:在深化“知青”意义的同时,也将“知青”引向了一个更为广阔的天地,跳出了以往知青写作的藩篱。这主要体现在:一、知青时期与后知青时期的断裂;二、颠覆了对“知识青年上山下乡”这一政治运动的总体化想象;三、思考知青一代的生命经验。 The Book of Day and Night transcends the writing of the former educated youth: while deepening the significance of “educating youth”, it also leads “educated youth” to a broader world beyond the barriers of the former educated youth. This is mainly reflected in the following aspects: first, the breakup of the educated youth and the latter educated youth; secondly, the overthrow of the overall imagination of the political movement of “educated youth going to the countryside”; third, thinking about the life experience of the educated youth.