论日记的文类特点

On the Generic Characteristics of Diary

作为一种大众化文学体裁,日记不仅具有记事这一基本功能,而且使作者能够通过记日记与自我展开交流,记录自己的见闻与感受,展示其不为人知的一面。该文类具有私密性、多样性、即时性特点,并具有史料性、娱乐性和文学性等价值。

As a popular literary genre,diary not only fulfils the fundamental function of record,but also enables diarists to communicate with themselves in the process of diary writing,so as to record both their observations and feelings and reveal their unknown aspects.This genre enjoys such characters as privacy, diversity,and instantaneousness and is valued for its historical materials,entertainments,and literary achievements.