《文心雕龙·通变》与《传统与个人才能》之比较

A Comparison of "The Change of Literature" in Carving a Dragon at the Core of Literature and Tradition and the Individual Talent

《文心雕龙.通变》与《传统与个人才能》是中西文论中阐述文学的继承与发展问题的代表性作品。"宗经"是刘勰一以贯之的文学主张,这正如艾略特强调传统对于文学创作的重要意义一样,两者对于文学经典和由此构成的文学传统的青睐,源于并服务于他们对文学创新的追求。两篇诞生于不同历史文化背景的文论著作,共同传达出了对文学经典与传统的关注和认同,它们所倡导的文学在继承基础上的发展,对当今的文学创新依然具有启发意义。

＂The Change of Literature＂ in Carving a Dragon at the Core of Literature and Tradition and the Individual Talent stand as two masterpieces in Chinese and Western critical theories addressing the theme of tradition and development. Liu Xie＇s persistence on reserving the classics parallels T. S. Eliot＇s stress on the literary tradition. Their consensus on the importance of classics and the literary tradition that they build up reflects their serious concern and scrutiny over the literary development. These two critical articles, though centuries apart, convey the uniform concern, though different in interpretation over literary tradition. Their insistence on tradition-based literary development is illuminating and profound.