神话形象在《九歌》中的文学化转向

Literary Turn of Mythological Images in Jiuge(九歌)

《九歌》作为先秦文学中完全取材于神话的几篇作品之一,其神话形象呈现出明显的文学化特征。与《山海经》的原始神话形象及北方历史化的神话形象相比,经屈原之手的神话形象更加符合文学审美诉求:神灵情思缱绻,神“境”瑰丽感人。可见,随着审美意识的提升,神话的美学元素不断地被捕捉与阐释,诗人开始加入神话的再创作队伍中,形成了神性与人性交织的创作风格。神秘遥远的神,由神坛走到人间,成为仁人志士精神理想的寄托。神话亦成为中国文化特质的载体之一,神话形象从此开始向文学化演进。

Jiuge(九歌),as one of the several works completely based on mythology in pre-Qin literature,its mythological images show obvious literary characteristics.Compared with the original mythological images of Classic of Mountains and Rivers(山海经)and the historized mythological images of the north China,the mythological images in Jiuge(九歌)are more in line with the literary aesthetic appeal:the spirit of the gods is sentimental and the realm of the gods is magn I Ficent and touching.It can be seen that with the improvement of aesthetic consciousness,the aesthetic elements of mythology are constantly captured and interpreted,and poets begin to participate in the re-creation of mythology,forming a creative style interwoven with divinity and humanity.Mysterious gods become the spiritual and ideal sustenance of people with lofty ideals.Myth has also become one of the carriers of Chinese cultural characteristics,and the mythological images have begun to be literalized.