试论宗教对老舍文学创作的影响

A Discussion About the Influence of Religion on Lao She’s Literary Creation

宗教为老舍的文学创作提供了难得的写作素材,启发了他文学创作的灵感和心扉,同时也提升了老舍文学文本的思想文化意蕴,在救亡压倒启蒙的现代中国,当绝大部分现代作家把文学创作焦点聚集在芸芸众生的此岸世界寻求救国救民良方的时候,老舍以接受洗礼的基督教徒和虔诚的佛教信徒把探求真理的目光投向人生彼岸,延伸了老舍作品与那个血与火革命年代的美学距离,这或许是老舍作品至今仍然活跃于影视网络传媒的一个重要因素。

Religion provided the rare writing source material for Lao She＇s literary production. It aroused his literary inspiration, and simultaneously promoted the thought and cultural implication of Lao She＇ s literary text. In striving for national salvation in modern China, while the great majority of writers focused literary creation on the sound strategy for saving the nation, Lao She sought truth from the perspectives of Christianity and Buddhism. Such an aesthetic feature might explain one of the important reasons why his works are still very popular in today＇ s movie and TV circles.