水之喻:袁宏道、王思任小品文的异质美

Symbol of Water:Heterogeneous Beauty in the Essays by YUAN Dao-hong and WANG Si-ren

文章把袁宏道、王思任的小品文置于明代文学的背景中,对袁宏道王思任小品文中以"水"为喻时所呈现的"自然与典雅""阴柔与阳刚"各与时代的同构性以及两家之间的异质美进行了分析。结论是两人的小品文各有对明代主流文风的反拨和否定,而王思任的小品文更带有否定之否定的色彩。这标志着晚明时期的文学创作已经从拟古文风中脱胎出鲜明的个性化特征。

Placing the essays by Yuan Daohong and Wang Siren in the literary background of Ming Dynasty, this paper analyses the symbolism of water in these essays which manifests the quality of ＂naturalness and elegance＂ and ＂gentleness and masculinity＂ as well as their heterogeneous beauty. It is concluded that the two essayists show their respective negation of the mainstream literary trend of the Ming Dynasty, with Wang Siren featuring negation upon negation. This indicates that striking individual features evolved from the pseudo-classic practices in the literary creations of the late Ming Dynasty.