作为审美理想的文学“新人”形象

“New Characters”in Literature as an Aesthetic Ideal

广义的“新人”指作家通过艺术创造而形成的、具有独特性的人物形象。狭义的“新人”形象指特定历史时期的特殊艺术形象,这些形象是历史和现实的产物,体现出作家的“审美理想”和“社会理想”的辩证统一,具有理想色彩或表现出一定的预言性。“新人”形象的革新精神、时代色彩、理想情怀等多重要求,决定了塑造形象的高度和难度。在新时代,文学塑造什么样的“新人”,是摆在作家面前的重要任务,也是当代文学面临的重要问题。

In a broad sense,“new characters”refer to those unique figures that writers manage to realize through artistic creation.In a narrow sense,they designate certain special figures that belong to a given historical period.As products of both history and reality,these figures reflect the dialectical combination of the writers’aesthetic and social ideal.They feature specters of idealism or demonstrate a certain potential for prophecy.The innovative spirit,the characteristics of the times and the idealized sentiments of“new characters”determine the depth and difficulty in the creation of these figures.