胡适推崇寿生小说缘由探析

Reasons for HU Shi to Hold Novels by Shou Sheng in High Esteem

胡适以特别的方式大力推崇寿生的小说可谓是现代文学史上一桩耐人寻味的个案,寻析这个中缘由,既可窺胡适关于小说的美学理念,亦可见寿生小说的特征。从艺术内容看,寿生的小说表现了一种乡土经验,与胡适文艺平民化的美学观念相契合;从艺术精神看,寿生的小说以一种真实得近乎奇特的手法表现社会和人生的悲剧,令人震惊,具有反传统"大团圆"的小说模式的功能,实践了胡适所提倡的新文学应具备西方悲剧精神的美学主张;从艺术形式看,寿生的小说用了一种活泼、生动、自由的乡土方言作为语言媒介工具,体现了胡适建设"国语的文学"、"文学的国语"的美学追求。

That HU Shi holds novels by Shou Sheng in high esteem in a special way can be said as an interesting case in the history of modern literature.A search for and analysis of the reasons for that can have a glimpse of HU Shi＇s ideas about the aesthetics of novels as well as the characteristics of novels by Shou Sheng.Viewed from the perspective of artistic content,Shou Sheng＇s novels display a kind of local experience,which is in conformity with HUm Shi＇s aesthetic idea of popularization.Viewed from the perspective of artistic spirits,novels by Shou Sheng describe the reality in society and the misery of life in a most peculiar way,startling the people,functioning against the traditional model of ＂happy reunion＂ in novels,putting into practice HU Shi＇s aesthetic view that new literature should have the Western spirit of tragedy.Viewed from the perspective of artistic form,in Shou Sheng＇s novels the lively,vivid and free local dialects are used as the language media tool,reflecting HU Shi＇s aesthetic pursuit of building up a kind of ＂literature with the national language＂ and a kind of ＂the national language with literature＂.