明清才子佳人小说中才子形象的时代特质与文化意蕴

A Psychological and Cultural Interpretation of the Talented Young Scholars' Image of "Caizi-Jiaren Novel" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清之际江南一带大量涌现的才子佳人小说,其主人公之一的才子形象历来备受争议。作为我国古代小说塑造的人物形象范型,才子形象的形成基于以下诸种原因:一是与小说作者的创作心态有关;二是小说家在创作过程中汲取了历史文化传统中众多才子所展示的特定审美文化意蕴;三是小说作者对所处时代环境中才子、狂士的人格气质的充分认同。对于这种才子形象,不能仅从艺术角度作简单的否定,而应该积极探索、认识其所蕴含的特殊的文化审美价值。

Caizi-Jiaren novel massively emerges in southern Yangzi River during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The talented young scholars＂ images as one of the protagonists are always disputed as all - round. As the character prototype molded by Chinese ancient novelists, the formation of talented young scholars＇images based on the following reasons： The first reason is related to the state of mentality of the writers at work ; the second reason is the reference by the writers to the images of talented young scholars in the cultural tradition which have aesthetic and cultural connotation; the third reason is writer＇s identification with the contemporary talented young scholars and unruly gentlemen in personality and style. We should not consider, in terms of art, the images of talented young scholars as negative, and instead, but should positively probe and understand their special cultural aesthetic values.