从《桃花扇》到《山海经》：美国石听泉教授的中国文学研究之路

From The Peach Blossom Fan to The Classic of Mountains and Seas: A Way on Chinese Literature of Professor Shi Ting- quan (Richare E. Strassberg)

美国加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)的石听泉教授(Richare E.Strassberg),自幼接触中国文化,在普林斯顿大学读博士时,开始研究《桃花扇》,撰写并出版专著《孔尚任:清初的一个文人》,研究孔尚任的生平和时代,并探讨文学作品和作者生活的关系,认为孔尚任把很多自己经历过的一些事件放在他的戏曲里面,有较多他的自传的成分。由《桃花扇》及其中的江南山水,他对中国小说、戏曲,进而对江南园林和中国山水文学,再进而对《山海经》和中国的梦文化,产生浓厚兴趣,进行一系列的研究,形成了他独特的中国文学研究之路。

Professor Shi Tingquan （Richare E. Strassberg） in UCLA had been exposed to Chinese culture in his childhood. Later, he studied in Princeton University for his Doctor＇ s degree, his research was on K＇ ung Shang - ren＇ s play The Peach Blossom Fan and later he wrote a book named The World of K＇ ung Shang - ten： A Man of Letters in Early Ch ＇ ing China. In the book, he argued that K＇ ung put many things he had experienced into his play, and made it into a semi - biographical play. K＇ ung＇ s Peach Blossom Fan and the beautiful sceneries of the South Yangtze River depicted in this book further intrigued Professor Strassberg to study Chinese fictions and dramas, and he became increasingly interested in the classic gardens in the South of Yangtze River as wall as Chinese literature of natural landscapes. He became interested in The Classic of Mountains and Seas and ＂dreams＂ in traditional Chinese culture, so he began his investigations into these areas and establish his own way to study Chinese literature.