“极致荒诞,丑里审美”--关于《镜花缘》中艺术丑范畴的研究

“The Ultimate Absurdity, Appreciating Beauty within Ugliness”——A Study on the Artistic Ugliness in Flowers in the Mirror

清代作家李汝珍在《镜花缘》中用荒诞手法塑造了一系列清丑奇特的人物形象。他运用大量的讽刺修辞指摘丑恶的内容,采用隐曲托意的方式表明贬抑批评的态度,其目的为戒恶劝善。《镜花缘》艺术丑的形成与当时经济背景下人们思想的变化、文字狱及乾嘉学派的影响有着密切关系,也与李汝珍求取功名不得志,见识了社会黑暗有相当的关系。《镜花缘》中艺术丑是对庄子为代表的传统的继承,以丑论美具有一定的批判意义。

Li Ruzhen,a Qing-dynasty writer,used absurd techniques to portray a series of grotesque and peculiar characters in Flowers in the Mirror.He employed a large number of satirical rhetoric to denounce the ugly content,and expressed his attitude of depreciation and criticism through implicit means,with the purpose of promoting good and deterring evil.The formation of the artistic ugliness in Flowers in the Mirror was closely related to the change in people's thoughts under the economic background at the time,and the influence of literary inquisition and Qianjia school.It is also related to Li Ruzhen's failure to obtain an official position and his exposure to the dark side of society.The artistic ugliness in Flowers in the Mirror inherits the traditional style represented by Zhuangzi.It also has a certain critical significance to discuss beauty with ugliness.