“绮罗香泽”唯本色——清代女作家沈彩的文学评论

Genuine Quality of Gorgeous Dress and Radiating Fragrance——Literary Criticism of a Women Writer Named Shen Cai in the Qing Dynasty

沈彩是一位有多方面成就的女作家,在理论批评领域也有独特的贡献,主要表现在《与汪映辉夫人论诗书》与《论妇人诗绝句四十九首》中。她提出诗歌的本质在于真实地表现自身的性情,因而女性写作中出现“绮罗香泽”正常而自然,没有必要刻意追求“苍老高古”的男性气质。其有关著述可补批评史写作之缺失。

Shen Cai was a woman writer,achieving in many aspects.She also contributed uniquely in theoretical criticism,principally reflected in“On Poetry with Mrs.Wang Yinghui”and“On 49 Jueju Poems by Women Poets”.She pointed out that the essence of poetry lied in the matter-of-fact expression of the individual temperament,hence the normal and natural features of female writing with gorgeous dress and radiating fragrance,instead of deliberately pursuing the age-old and time-honored masculinity.Shen Cai’s related works can make up for the lack of writing on history criticism.