文学创作中的“主义”与“文化”之累——当代文学思潮史话之三

The History of Modern Literary Trends of Thought(III)

中国新诗在它发展的过程中,承受的“非诗”的负载实在太多。文艺理论上的各式各样的“论”,各式各样的“主义”,使诗歌疲于应付这些需要,弄得六神无主,至于诗的本体特征究竟是什么,反倒无关重要了。新时期诗歌领域,追赶“主义”新潮,吃了苦头,也出现过一些偏差。困扰文学创作的,还有个“文化”问题。渗透在诗歌中的文化,应该是一种超越于狭隘地表文化的大文化,是一种笼罩全篇的氛围,一种深层次的意蕴。如果把地域文化的表面现象,放到作品中去展览,使艺术创作混同于考古学与民俗学,反倒是破坏了文化,没有文化了。

In the process of its development, Chinese new verse has been burdened with too many ＂non-poetic＂ elements in that various literary theories and doctrines have confused verse so much that the essence of verse is lost to insignificance. In the poetic filed of the new period, the craze for ＂doctrines＂ has resulted in some frustrations as well as some errors. Moreover, ＂culture＂ is also perplexing for literary creation, as the culture permeated in verse should be a mega-culture above the provincialism of local culture as well as a predominant atmosphere and a profound implication. If the superficial phenomena of local culture are highlighted in poetic works and artistic creation is identical to archaeology and folklore, culture will be ruined and lost.