怪诞探源

Try to Expound the Grotesque

通过对中外文学艺术作品中的怪诞现象的探源和浅析,笔者认为怪诞是一个流变的概念。文章初步概括并分析怪诞的审美特征:反常的构成原则;混合恐惧和滑稽的震惊感;双重性的功能价值。怪诞与滑稽的区别主要在于反常程度、创作态度和审美价值的差异上;怪诞与荒诞的区别在于怪诞更多作为一种创作手法,荒诞更主要是一种观念和意识。

Through the deep-going investigation and superficial analysis to the grotesque phenomenon in some literature works of the word, the paper expounds that grotesqueness is an unfixed notion with consistent changes and provides an initial summary and analysis on the characteristics of aesthetic judgment to grotesque, including the formation principles of abnormality, astonishment mixed with fear and comic, and the duality of grotesque. The main difference between grotesque and comic lies in the divergence of the degree of abnormality, the creating attitude, and the value of aesthetic judgment. In the meantime, the chief difference between grotesque and absurdness is that grotesque is qualified with some kind of creating techniques and styles while absurdness is more concerned about implications and conceptions.