摹仿说的生命力

The Vitality of Mimesis

摹仿说认为,艺术起源于人类对自然和现实的摹仿。自古希腊至近代,摹仿说在西方艺术界一直占据支配地位。而它在西方美学传统中之所以处于中心地位,不仅仅因为摹仿说位于各种形式的艺术思想的中心,更在于其中涉及根本的、对当代美学来说仍然是亟须解决的问题。本文通过摹仿说的今昔对比,一方面,从历史视角看摹仿说的发展嬗变;另一方面,试图通过立足文学理论、文艺心理学和美学的多重视角,探讨摹仿说作为一种重要概念的合理内核,研究摹仿说对于人类思维和艺术创作的重要意义和其生命力的源泉所在。但摹仿说的困境同样不可否认,对摹仿说的再思考显得尤为迫切。

Mimesis points out that art originated from the human imitation of nature and reality.From ancient Greece to modern times,mimesis actually plays an important role in the western art.For the reason why it is at the center of the Western aesthetic tradition,we think that it is not only because of the central position of mimesis in various forms of artistic thought,but also for the reason that this theory involves the fundamental problems that are still urgent for contemporary aesthetics.In this paper,through the comparison of past and present,we try to study the evolution of mimesis from a historical perspective.And meanwhile,we will analyse mimesis and its reasonable kernel from the angles of literary theory,literary psychology,and aesthetics,in order to explore the significance of mimesis for human thinking and artistic creation and the spring of the vitality of mimesis.However,the dilemma of mimesis is also undeniable,and the rethinking of the theory is particularly urgent.