韩愈与布瓦洛理性主义文学观比较

A Comparison Between Hanyu's and Boileau's Rational Theories to the Nature of Literature

学习古人是韩愈和布瓦洛文学文学思想的核心内容。他们之所以对古人推崇有加,是出于用道德理性治乱救世的社会理想。他们认为理性与情感的对立是普遍人性中的共同现象,在道德沦丧的社会,必须强调理性在人性结构中的主导地位,反映在文学上则是要重点突出理性的制衡作用。韩愈的“文以明道”和布瓦洛的“爱义理”一样,都属于理性文学的范畴。

It is a key content of literary thoughts of Han Yu and Boileau to study the ancient. That they highly praise for the ancients stems from using the moral rationality to govern the chaotic society. They think the antithesis of reason and feelings is the common phenomenon in universal human nature. In the society with ruined morals , people must emphasize the leading position of reason in the human nature structure. In literature writers must put the stress on the function of checking and balancing of reason especially. Han Yu's “essays implying the doctrine” and Boileau's “love righteousness principle” both belong to rational category of literature.