徐小斌的小說立基於私密經驗的個人化寫作，又有創發性的突圍──採取神話敘事，企圖展演個人的私密記憶和時代語境的糾葛對話，她因而於大陸九○年代個人化寫作的女性作家群中，具有燅特的文學意義。一九八一至一九九五年的徐小斌小說，以夢境敘事來刻畫女性構建主體價值的過程中，被迫面臨男權、父法、消費所形成的多義的神話敘述，而成了夢境中無法抵達精神家園的永恆流浪者，更不必說找尋歷史發聲的主體位置。本文進而檢視她迄今的代表作《羽蛇》，描述女性在菲勒斯世界、（後）文革現場、消費市場中，捨棄夢境的敘事策略，轉而由書寫女性家族史的積極姿態，試圖勾勒出象徵女性精神圖騰的太陽神話，卻偏偏映現書寫女性歷史的艱難。換言之，由象徵個人神話的夢境敘事來示現男權父法，又以「眾人集體的夢」──太陽神話──來呈顯女性家族史，如此錯置性別與政治、個人與集體的關係，批判意義昭然若揭，更映顯出女性面對家、國、史的精神創傷和弖靈樣態

Xu Xiaobin's novels are based on private experience and utilize the narrative of myth in order to combine private memory and history. Therefore, her works are quite unique among women writers in China. Written between 1981-1995, they describe how women establish their own value and are forced to confront the narrative of myth of man and power consumption. Women are unable to reach a spiritual home, not to mention find the location of the subject in history. ＂Feathered serpent＂ describes women's genealogy and mythology, trying to show the spiritual totem, but finding that writing women's history is quite difficult. In other words, Xu Xiaobin shows women struggle between escape and seeking, when facing adventure and the challenge of individual, family, country, and history