“修辞论美学”探析

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修辞论美学是研究文本的符号系统与文化语境的修辞关系的一种美学理论。它是由文艺评论家王一川教授提出的。认识论美学、感兴论美学和语言论美学是其三大理论来源;文本阐释、文化语境阐释和历史阐释是其三个阐释层次;内容的形式化、体验的模式化、语言的历史化和理论的批评化是其四大特征。修辞论美学吸收了社会语言学的某些特性,是一种较为成熟的理论,代表着一种美学潮流,而且具有民族文化渊源,更适合解读中国文本。当然,修辞论美学在对历史力量的认识、对自身最高境界的阐释和对多种批评方法之间关系的阐述等方面也有缺憾之处。

Rhetorical aesthetics is an aesthetical theory for research on the rhetorical relationship between the symbol system of texts and cultural context. It was proposed by the literary critic, Professor Wang Yi-chuan. Epistemological aesthetics, susceptible aesthetics and linguistic Aesthetics are the source of its three theories. Text interpretation, cultural context interpretation and historical interpretation are its three levels of interpretation. Formalized content, patternized experience, historical language and criticized theory are its four main characteristics. Rhetorical aesthetics absorb some of the features of social linguistics, which is a relatively more mature theory and represents an aesthetic trend and has its national and cultural origins and so is more suitable for interpreting Chinese texts. Of course, rhetorical aesthetics also has its shortcomings in the understanding of historical forces, interpreting their highest level and the relationship among a variety of critical methods.