志怪小说艺术特征辨证

An investigation of the artistic features of tales of mystery and the supernatural

志怪小说在魏晋南北朝时期正式形成并兴盛繁荣,它在中国古代小说史上有重要地位和价值。而一些中国文学史教材中对魏晋南北朝志怪小说的艺术特征却重视不够,论述有失偏颇。本文结合魏晋南北朝志怪小说作品,从三方面简要论述了志怪小说的主要艺术特征,并对其进行辨证,说明志怪小说的艺术特征标志着我国古代文言笔记体小说在艺术形式和表现方法方面已臻成熟,它在我国古代小说发展史上具有深远影响。

Tales of mystery and the supernatural came into existence and prospered in WeiJin and the Southern and North-em Dynasty. It bears important post and significance in the history of Chinese ancient novels, to which they are not attached importance to the artistic features in some literature textbooks, From three aspects the paper briefly discusses the major artistic features of the tales and makes an investigation. It concludes that the artistic features of the tales indicate that the Chinese ancient sketchbooks are proved successful both in form and expression, which is tremendously influence in the history of the Chinese ancient tales of mystery and the supernatural.