凝眸未来与重铸灵魂——沈从文散文中的民族价值观念蕴涵阐释

Staring into the Future and Recasting the Soul——The Interpretation of National Values Containing in Shen Congwen’s Prose

沈从文是一位密切瞩目民族生活方式和民族生命精神的文学大师。其散文力求以“文化还乡”的精神诉求,通过都市与湘西、现代与过去的鲜明对照,去摧毁“庸俗腐败、小气自私的市侩人生观”,重建“一种优美、健康、自然而又不悖乎人性的人生形式”,重铸一种建立于人性之美和生命神性基础之上的民族价值观念。这种“人生形式”和民族价值观念体现着朴实纯真的生活形式、剽悍雄强的生命伟力、重义轻利的道德品格和积极进取的奋斗精神。其不是个体主义者抽象的自我精神追求,而是根植于宽广深厚的民族忧患意识当中,表现出对中华民族生存与发展的强烈关注与深切隐忧,彰显着作者对民族生命形式的深刻探索和民族价值观念的终极追求。

Shen Congwen is a literary master who pays close attention to the national life style and national spirit. With the spirit of "the return of the native culture" in his prose, he tries to rebuild "a beautiful, healthy, natural and harmonious life form" by sharp contrast between city and Xiangxi country, modern and the past, recasting a set up in the beauty of human nature and divine life based on the national values to destroy "vulgar corruption, stingy selfish bourgeois outlook on life". This beautiful "life form" and national values reflect the simple, brave, and positive spirit. It is not the abstract self-spiritual pursuit of individualists, but rooted in the broad and profound sense of national distress, showing a strong and deep concern for the survival and development of the Chinese nation, and highlighting the author’s profound exploration of national life and the ultimate pursuit of national values.