神圣动物:沈从文“湘西边地”中审美理想的神话原型研究

Sacred Animals:a Mythological Archetypal Study of the Aesthetic Ideals in Shen Congwen's Borderland of Xiangxi

沈从文的乡土抒情小说是现代文学中的一种重要类型,湘西经验是沈从文独特的文学风格的关键,集中体现了其"自然人性"的核心审美理念。"湘西边地"的审美图景中有着复杂的神话构成与大量动物符号。沈从文借助神话传说与风俗描写,巧妙地运用动物原型将风俗民性与五四以来"人的发现"融合起来,整合了人的神圣属性、自然属性与社会属性三个维度,在文学上创造了美与善的标准,树立了"健康的自然人性"的人格典范,体现了独特的审美理想与深厚的人文关怀。

Shen Congwen＇s rural lyric novels belong to an important type of modern literature,the experience in Xiangxi being the key to his unique literary style,which embodies the core aesthetic concept of ＂natural humanity＂.There are complicated mythology and a large number of animal symbols in Shen＇s borderland novels.With the aid of mythology,legend and custom description,Shen Congwen skillfully uses animal archetypes to combine folk custom with ＂ human discovery＂ since the May 4 th Movement,and integrates the three dimensions of human＇s sacred attribute,natural attribute and social attribute.In literature,it creates the standards of beauty and goodness,sets up the personality model of ＂ healthy natural humanity＂,and embodies unique aesthetic ideal and profound humanistic concern.