“自我的言说”——论沈从文的文学自律观

“Self Expression”——On Shen Congwen’s View of Literary Self-discipline

在沈从文的文学观念中,文学的独立和自由是其思想的核心内容。他通过反对特定时代背景下把文学当成"用具"及批判"商业低级趣味"文学,强调文学自由论和文学的独立本质;他从文学的自律性出发,提倡文学自由发展,同时强调作家的自主性和创造性,以期通过作家主体人格的确立和新文学经典的塑造来实现"文学的重造"。沈从文对文学独立性和艺术性的坚守贯穿于文学理论与创作的始终,其文学自律观不仅对当时畸形发展的政治化文学潮流和商业化文学倾向具有纠偏意义,对当下的文学创作也有着重要的启示。

In Shen Congwen’s literary concept,the independence and freedom of literature is the core content of his thought.His persistence in literary independence and artistry runs through literary theory and creation.Through the criticism of literature as an"appliance"in the context of the times and the criticism of"low-level commercial taste"literature,Shen Congwen’s emphasis on literary freedom theory and the importance of the independent nature of literature are emphasized.Starting from the self-discipline of literature,Shen Congwen advocates the development of literary freedom,while emphasizing the writer’s autonomy and creativity,so as to realize the"re-literation of literature"through the establishment of the writer’s main personality and shape the new literary classics.Shen Congwen’s literary self-discipline concept not only has a corrective meaning for the politicized literary trend and the commercial literary tendency of the development of the deformity at that time,but also has an important enlightenment for the current literary creation.