白话诗的“新”逻辑--闻一多新格律诗理论及意义重估

“New”Logic of Vernacular Poetry--Reevaluate Wen Yiduo’s New Metrical Poetry Theory and its Significance

闻一多是中国现代新诗的一个醒目存在,学界对其新格律诗理论的认知却始终存在一些模糊认识。回到历史现场,重新认识闻一多对新诗发展所做的努力,有不少新的发现。闻一多新格律诗理论回应了新诗对于白话诗“新”质的发展要求,在诗形和诗质两个方面展开了积极探索,将民族性与时代性、诗形与诗质、听觉美学与视觉美学糅合在一起,奠定了现代诗歌接受由听觉美学向视觉美学转换的理论基础,拓宽了新诗的审美空间。他扎根民族土壤思考新诗发展的努力,开启了中国现代诗歌思考中国经验的阀门。

Wen Yiduo is a striking presence in modern Chinese new poetry,but there are still some vague understandings of his theory of new metrical poetry in academic circles.Returning to the historical context,there are quite a few new discoveries in re-evaluating Wen Yiduo’s contributions to the development of new poetry.Wen Yiduo’s new metrical poetry theory,crafted in response to the demands for the development of vernacular poetry’s“new”qualities,actively explored both poetic form and poetic texture in two distinct ways.It fused the character of the nation with the spirit of the times,integrating poetic form and texture,auditory aesthetics with visual aesthetics.This approach solved the theoretical foundation for the transition of modern poetry’s reception,shifting from auditory aesthetics to visual aesthetics,thereby broadening the aesthetic space of new poetry.His efforts in developing new poetry,rooted in national soil and Chinese experience,opened the gateway for Chinese modern poetry to reflect on its own identity and tradition.