巴赫金的词库问题--以文艺学术语为例

Bakhtin's Lexicons —— Taking the Terms in Literature and Art as Examples

本文回顾了巴赫金文艺学理论中体裁、现实主义、长篇小说、本事和情节等几个术语,分析了这些重要范畴的不同涵义。巴赫金针对一个现象使用变通多样的术语,采用多种角度,不指明中间环节而遥相呼应,其中有些术语的使用未必明晰,但其质量之高,却至今公认,并具有重要的思想价值。巴赫金所选词语的词库问题给研究者带来了困难,而正确理解这些概念的内涵,将帮助我们真正理解巴赫金。

This paper makes a review of Bakhtin＇ s literary theories, especially focusing on such terms as genre approach, realism, novel, benshi and plot, and an analysis of different connotations. Bakhtin use various terms to refer to the same literary phenomenon through different views without pointing out the links among them. Though some terms are not used correctly, they＇ re universally regarded as highly qualified. Nevertheless the choices of the terms by Bakhtin confuse the researchers a lot. Proper understanding the connotations of the concepts will help us really understand Bakhtin.