路向与方法:北美汉学家论孔子说《诗》

Trends and Methods:Confucius' Critique on the Book of Poetry from the Perspective of North American Sinology

英语学界对孔子文学思想的研究实属晚近之事,自上世纪70年代以来,在北美地区陆续出现了一些研究成果。这些研究大体沿着两个路向展开,一是探讨孔子的诗学观,二是论述孔子思维方式与其文学思想之间的关系。研究方法上涉及:聚焦实用与抒情两种质素、注重文本细读基础上的多时段考察、援用二重证据法、汲取西方文学理论,引入后现代主义视域。

Late in the early time of the 20th century, Confucius＇ literary thoughts aroused scholarly attention in the English world. Since the 1970s, two academic trends has emerged in North American sinology about Confucius＇ critique on the Book of Poetry. These research is done along two directions： one on Confucius＇ poetic points of view; secondly, the other on the rela- tions between Confucius＇ thinking mode and his literary thoughts. In sinologists＇ studies of Confucius＇ literary thoughts, varied research methods are adopted, including the shift of focus between the pragmatic and the lyrical; multi-phase close reading, method of double proof,approach of structuralism, and the post-modernist perspective.