神秘感的强化、宗教感的弱化——论古代神怪小说的历史变迁

Strengthening Mysterious Sense and Weakening Religious Sense: Exploring Historical Change of Ancient Novels of Gods and Spirits

我国古代神怪小说起源于古代人们的鬼神信仰,鬼神信仰源至远古人类认识世界的神秘感觉和对鬼神的敬畏心理。佛教的传入和道教的产生以及两教的自神其教,进一步强化了人们的鬼神信仰。神怪小说从宣扬神秘到利用人们心理的神秘感自觉的虚构创作,神怪小说借神怪故事更多地表现了现实世界的情感。从神怪小说发展的历史看,作品的宗教感不断弱化,神秘感则得到不断强化,即使是那些现实性很强的作品也不例外。神秘感的强化说明了作家的创作更多关注读者的接受心理和审美习惯,是文学走向自觉的表现。

The novels of gods and spirits in ancient China derive from the belief in gods and spirit because of their mysterious sense of the world and worship of gods and spirits.Authors reveal the feelings of the realistic world by means of stories of gods and spirits with the imaginative creation of the readers who are influenced by Buddhism and Taoism.From the history of the development of the novels,it’s found that the religious sense weakens while the mysterious sense strengthens even in the realistic works.It shows that authors pay more attention to the readers’ acceptance and their aesthetic habit,representing self-consciousness of literature.