约瑟夫·康拉德文学艺术真实性思想研究

Reflections on Joseph Conrad's Thoughts on the Authenticity of Literature

国内外学者对约瑟夫·康拉德的思想及作品的理解可谓众说纷纭,有些观点甚至完全对立。其实要读懂约瑟夫·康拉德的小说艺术,试着去理解其文艺思想是不可或缺的。康拉德的文艺思想是多方面的,就文学艺术的真实性而言,其核心观点主要体现为:文学艺术对外部世界的描述比历史学科的记载更真实,因为历史学科关注的是事件本身,而文学艺术关注的是人们在具体历史事件中的心理体验;作家以艺术书写历史真实的路径是书写自己熟悉的内容,因为作家的人生经历不同,获得的人生感悟的路径也是不一样的;文学艺术对瞬间体验的记载是其真实性的艺术内涵,文学艺术的真正意义在于记载人们在具体历史事件中的人生感受,只有这样才能使人类的瞬间体验留存于世。

The connotation of Joseph Conrad＇s literary thought is multifaceted,and the core of his understanding of the authenticity of literature and art is mainly embodied in the following three aspects： Conrad thinks that literature and art descriptions on the world are more real than historical records,because history concerns the events themselves,while literature and art concern about people＇s psychological experience in the historical events. In Conrad＇s opinions,writers describe the real world by writing about what they are familiar with,and writers＇ lives and their experience differ from each other,so they gain their insights to life differently. Conrad suggests that the artistic connotation of the authenticity of literature and art lies in the description of instant human experience,and the significance of literature and art lies in the recording of real human experience in specific historical events,and it＇s the only way to keep instant human experience in the world.