论林语堂的认同危机与角色转换

On Lin Yutang’s Identity Crisis and Role Transformation

"两脚踏东西文化,一心评宇宙文章"的林语堂是二十世纪少有的从语言学转入文学领域的文学大家。认同危机是导致其角色转换的深层原因,而中西文化之争也是其产生认同危机的根源,林语堂的认同危机也是他"一团矛盾"的根源之所在。认同危机是中国现代知识分子一个共同需要面对的问题,解决危机方式的不同决定了知识分子最后所走的道路也不同。林语堂的转向有着深刻的内在机理:思想启蒙与文学革命、个人认同与群体认同之间关系的紧张是他转向的内在动因,重新厘清林语堂的这一转向也为我们探讨五四知识分子的心路历程提供了参照。

Lin Yutang was one of a literary master rarely seen who turned from linguistics to literatus in the 20 th century."One mind seeks the learning of ancients and moderns;Two legs staddle the cultures of East and West"was a couplet written by himself.Identity crisis was the deep-seated cause of his role transformation,while the dispute between Chinese and Western cultures was also the root of his identity crisis. Lin Yutang’s identity crisis was the origin in"bundle of contrasts". Meanwhile,identity crisis was a common problem that modern Chinese intellectuals were confronted with. Lin’s transformation has a profound internal mechanism:the tension between ideological enlightenment and literary revolution,personal identity and group identity were the internal motivation of his transformation. Therefore,a new clarification of Lin Yutang’s transformation provides a reference for us to explore the spiritual course of the May 4 th intellectuals.