浅谈叙事性文学作品中“三”的审美意蕴

On Aesthetic Implication of“Three”in Narrative Literary Works

在中国传统叙事性文学作品中,常常使用“三”来设置故事情节,形成“三段式”叙事模式,突显一波三折的艺术表达效果。“三”是中国老庄哲学中的基本哲学元素,一生二,二生三,三生万物,是强调有了“三”矛盾对立才能形成。运用到文学叙事之中,三段式的故事情节,可以推动故事情节发展,形成曲折变化的艺术效果;可以丰富人物形象,使得人物形象富有多面性和个性化;可以深化主题内涵,揭示事物内部矛盾的复杂性。从文学表现艺术手段角度来说,这种一波三折的叙事情节模式,在有意重复之中形成变化,也是尊重了中国文学写作“犯中见避”的艺术表现原则。

In traditional Chinese narrative literature,“three”is often used to set up the storyline,to form the“three-stage”narrative mode,and to highlight the twists and turns of artistic expression.“Three”is the basic philosophical element in Chinese Lao Zhuang’s philosophy.One begets two,two begets three,and three is all things.It emphasizes that the contradiction can be formed based on“three”.In literary narration,the three-stage storyline can promote the development of the story plot and form an artistic effect of twists and turns;meanwhile,it can enrich the character image,which can become more multi-faceted and personalized.Besides,it can deepen the connotation of the theme and reveal the complexity of internal contradictions.In terms of the artistic means of literary expression,this kind of narrative pattern with twists and turns makes changes in repetition,respecting the artistic expression principle of“new ideas in repetition”