论象征意义的超越维度

TRANSCENDENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SYMBOL

西方美学中的象征范畴的一个最重要的意义维度是超越性。它的两个基本表现是:一者表现为主体精神对“物质”的超越;一者表现为对外部“实在”的把握。通过分析象征的意义结构,可以发现象征的超越性体现了象征形式与形而上学世界的关联。这种超越性的根本动力或内在机制源自人类精神生活的主动性。

An important aesthetic attributes of symbol is its significance or implication transcends its literary meaning.The transcendental significance lies in two aspects：this signifies either the subject transcends the object, or the subject generalizes the object.By analying meaning construction of symbol,we see there is a close contact between symbol and transcendental thing.The motive of transcending comes fi＇om that man lives by initiative spiritivity or subjectivity.