林语堂小品文的文化蕴味

On the Significance of Culture of Lin Yutang's Essay

林语堂以幽默、性灵、闲适为特色,建构起一套独特的小品文理论话语。他打破“文以载道”的封建桎梏,不为圣人立言,不复替天行道,是对廊庙文学的反动;自觉跳出以启蒙导师自居的精英立场, 回归于生活的常人心态,并为小品文的主体设计了凡人庸人形象,完成了民间岗位意识的确立;以平易近人的谈话风格为格调,闲谈人生,探寻中西文化。在林语堂的小品文中,臆含着令人深省的文化意味。

Lin Yutang constructed his special theory of essay by humour, spirit and leisure. He broke the feudal shackles that literature must interpret morality and praise Confucianism. His essay didn＇t commit the ideas of the sage, no longer enforced justice on behalf of Heaven, so it was reactionary to imperial court literature. He returned to populace psychology, jumping out of the outstanding intelligentsia standpoint and had designed the mediocre person image for short essay, estab- lished the folk consciousness--to take the amiable conversation as the style of chatting life, exploring the cultures between China and the West. Lin Yutang＇s short essay, always implied profound cultural meaning.