两种“小品文”主张:论林语堂与周作人的差别

Two Viewpoints in Sketches:The Difference between Lin Yutang and Zhou Zuoren

尽管林语堂与周作人都将“小品文”视为“冶议论情感于一炉”的文体,但二人却因“把思想当为根本的目的,把情绪作为容易使人理解的附属物”与“以情绪为主,以思想为副”的差别,而对小品文提出了“质直”与“涩味”两种不同的评价标准。林语堂未曾将“苦闷”之“情”视为文学的“根柢”,因而可以看到,他所强调的“自我”抑或“性灵”,其实并非意在凸显“内宇宙”的开掘之于文学的重要性,而是对“内宇宙”与“外宇宙”交汇后所碰撞出的火花提出了期待。

Although both Lin Yutang and Zhou Zuoren regard sketches as a genre of“discussion and emotion in a single furnace”,they differ from each other in that they regard thought as“the fundamental purpose and emotion as an easily understandable appendage”and“take emotion as the main focus”.As a result,this difference has resulted in two different evaluation criteria for sketches:quality and straightness,emotion of bitterness.It is also because Lin Yutang did not regard the emotion of bitterness as the root of literature,and thus it can be seen that his emphasis on self or spirituality is not intended to emphasize the importance of the exploration of the inner universe in literature,but rather the intersection of the inner universe and the outer universe.In fact,it is not intended to highlight the importance of the exploration of the inner universe in literature,but rather to raise expectations for the sparks that will emerge when the inner universe and the outer universe meet.