论柳永的艺术追求及其对词文学的贡献

On Liu Yong's artistic pursuit and his contribution to cilit erature

柳永在词文学史上具有承先启后的作用 ,他虽然科场累累失意 ,却敢于正视现实 ,热爱生活 ,发挥自己精通音乐的优势 ,用词表现丰富、凄凉、复杂的社会生活 ,在艺术上精益求精 ,赢得了广泛的社会认同 ,使自己的艺术为下层社会所喜闻乐见 ,为艺术的普及、为通俗文学的发展做出了卓越的贡献 ,对后世词人、戏剧家的言情文学创作 。

Liu Yong served as a link between past and future in the history of ci literature. Though he always failed in the imperial civil examinations, Liu Yon g had the guts to face reality squarely, loved for life, exploited his advantage s of being proficient in music to full and depict the rich, desolate and complex society through ci. He kept on improving in his artistic pursuit, which gai ned common acceptance from the people and made his own art popular among the lower c lass, thus making great contribution to the development of the artistic populari ty and the popular literature.and powerful influence on the creation of sentimen tal novel for the writer of ci and play.