艺术真实观在西方文学传统中的嬗变

On the Evolution of the Theory about Truth of Art in West Literary Tradition

什么是艺术之真?艺术应如何求取真实?这一直是西方文艺理论家们争论不休的话题。从古典主义到浪漫主义、再到现实主义、现代主义和后现代主义,不同时期的人们对艺术与真实的关系均作出了各种解释。系统考察从古希腊以来西方理论家在这个问题上所作的探索将有助于我们理解当下文学所面临的困境,并思索未来可能的走向。

What is the truth of art？ And how should art pursue its truth？ These have always been the hot topics for literary theorists in the West. Since classicism, through romanticism, realism, modernism and down to postmodemism, theorists in different periods have given various interpretations concerning the relationship between art and truth. A systematic study of it will help us to understand the predicament of literature today, hence to think about the possible orientation of literary development in the future.