绚烂之极的平淡——梁实秋《槐园梦忆》简论

Gorgeous Peacefulness——Some Brief Comments on Liang Shiqiu's Dream on Huai Park

《槐园梦忆》是梁实秋先生为怀念亡妻程季淑女士而写悼亡文章,亦是其"绚烂之极趋于平淡"的散文代表作之一。作者以细腻的笔触回顾了他们相识相知相恋相守一生的点点滴滴,虽平淡从容,却字字有情,句句含意。这些均得力于作者高超的驭笔能力和主张"平淡"的审美意识。梁实秋先生为文的平淡源于他对高越的精神家园的营造和厚重的文化内蕴,这对于后工业时代,消费社会中散文创作的商业化走向不无有着有力的借鉴。

Dream on Huai Park is a collection of articles that Liang Shiqiu wrote in memory of his dead wife Ms. Cheng Jishu, and also is a representative work characterized by transition from the gor- geous to the insipid. With delicate, calm and emotional descriptions, the author reviewed the process of how they acquainted, fell in love, and took care of each other, which are due to the author＇s skilled in controlling ability and the aesthetic consciousness of peacefulness that he advocated. Peacefulness in Liang Shiqiu＇s essays results from his construction of a spiritual home and profound cultural cultiva- tion, which gives some important inspirations for commercial trend in essay writing in the consumer society in the post-industrial era.