“巴尔扎克现象”与《红楼梦》的挽歌情调

Balzac Phenomenon" and Elegiac Sentimentalism in A Dream of Red Mansions

“巴尔扎克现象”可以帮助我们理解《红楼梦》挽歌情调的魅力及其成因。曹雪芹所处的时代及其不寻常的家世使曹雪芹在对生活进行艺术描写时 ,发生了历史与道德评价的错位以及情与理的悖离 ,这是《红楼梦》挽歌情调形成的深层原因。这种挽歌情调所造就的“夕阳无限好 ,只是近黄昏”的艺术效果 ,其魅力是独特而绵长的。

Decoding of Balzac phenomenon can help us to have a better understanding of the charms of the elegiac sentimentalism in A Dream of Red Mansions and its cause. Cao Xueqin's time and unusual family background accounted for the dislocation between history evaluation and morality evaluation, and for the contrary between sense and sensibility in his novel. This is the innermost cause of the elegiac sentimentalism in A Dream of Red Mansions.