才子如斯——文外文中徐志摩

Exemplar of Wen Masculinity: Xu Zhimo

徐志摩作为理想的才子形象,在亚裔美国作品和赛珍珠的作品中都得以印证。在张邦梅的回忆录里,英中两国的知识分子都追捧徐志摩为跨文化的作家先锋;而在闵安琪的小说中,徐志摩是赛珍珠的灵魂知己和浪漫情人。徐志摩的吸引力可以归结为他混洽的文化、蓬勃的意气、充盈的才智,及其对文学团体的号召力。与徐志摩比肩的女性典范也走到台前,代表着他所忘我痴迷的才女与其绝代风华。

Exemplar of Wen Masculinity illustrates the masculine ideal of wenren or poet-scholarexemplified by Xu Zhimo,a Chinese poet who appears in several Asian American works(as well as in Pearl Buck's writing).Xu is depicted as a bicultural literary vanguard adored by both British and Chinese intellectuals in Pang-Mei Natasha Chang's memoir;as Pearl Buck's romantic soul mate and lover in Anchee Min's fiction.His allure can be traced to his cultural hybridity,spirited personality,intellectual generosity,and the ability to draw together a literary community.Thispaper also revives a matching feminine ideal,epitomized by the brilliant women of letters to whom Xu is irresistibly attracted.