古希腊艺术类型理论与抒情诗缺失问题——兼谈中国古代的艺术分类观

Theory of Arts' Types and the Missing of Lyrical Poems in Ancient Greece

古希腊的艺术类型及其划分是一个艺术发生学的重要课题。文章探讨了柏拉图和亚里士多德对这个问题的不同看法,辨析了两人观点的互文现象;指出了"三分法"之说在中国和西方的误读原因,提出了亚里士多德文类理论缺失抒情诗的理由;并对不同文化体系背景下的中西古典文类理论的差异进行了比较。

The research on types and classifications of arts in ancient Greece is an important project concerning original arts. This paper discusses the different opinions of Plato and Aristotle about this problem and analyzes and distinguishes the inter - textual feature of their viewpoints. The paper points out the reason why the classification of arts into three types is misread both in China and in the West and brings up the primary cause of missing the lyrical poems in Aristotle＇ s theory of literary types. In ad- dition, the paper contrasts the differences between the ancient theories of Literary types in China and those in the West under different cultural system backgrounds.