试述马克思主义文化观下陕北说书的社会功能

Social Functions of Northern Shaanxi Storytelling under the Cultural View of Marxism

陕北说书是西北地区一种十分重要的民间说唱艺术,它蕴含着古老的艺术文化,展现了西北特有的文化形态,故而有民间说唱文学的"活化石"之称。在漫长的历史演变中,陕北说书作为一种民间艺术被赋予了文化认知、文化展示、文化整合、宣传教化、启迪智慧、休闲娱乐和行为规导等一系列社会功能。延安时期,共产党人将马克思主义文化观植入陕北说书文化中,将当地人民的生活形态和精神信仰寓于这种古老的说唱艺术之中,使陕北说书的文化功能与社会功能相结合。

Storytelling in northern Shaanxi is a kind of very important folk rap arts in the northwest region of Shaanxi province. It contains the ancient art and culture, shows the unique cultural forms. Therefore, northwest is known as a ＂living fossil＂ of folk rap literature. Northern Shaanxi storytelling, as a kind of folk art, is endowed a series of social functions with cultural cognition, culture, cultural integration, popularizing education, wisdom, leisure, entertainment and behavior rules in the long history of evolution. In Yan＇ an period, the communists planted cultural view of Marxism in storytelling of Shaanxi culture, and combing the life form and spiritual beliefs of the local people. Consequently, the cultural function and social function of northern storytelling is combined.