《玄怪录》艺术技巧简论

The Conversation on Technical Skills of the Xuan Guai Lu

《玄怪录》是中唐小说作家牛僧孺的传奇小说集。小说所涉均为鬼怪妖物、神仙道术、三界生灵等志怪之题材。值得我们关注的则是,该小说集在艺术技巧上对传统志怪小说和唐传奇的创新与发展,在叙事体例和结构上,其基本摒弃唐传奇惯用的史传之体,呈现出摄取片断、灵活自由的特色;细节描写和人物对话的明显增多,也是创新的一大亮点。这些手法不仅对《聊斋志异》产生重要影响,而且有着小说史的意义和价值。

Xuan Guai Lu was the writer Niu Sengru＇s legendary stories of the Tang dynasty.The theme of novels are ghost monster,supernatural belief,supernatural creatures such as the three realms.Worthy of our attention is that fiction on the artistic skill of traditional mystery novels and innovation and development of the Tang dynasty.Xuan Guai Lu in narrative style and structure,largely brushed aside the legends of the Tang dynasty established the historical body of ingest pieces,flexible,free and feature detail and substantial increase in the characters dialog,is also a highlight of innovation.These methods not only have an important impact on the Liao zhai zhi yi,and has the significance and value of the history of fiction.