沈从文“湘西世界”的构成基石

Formation Parts of Shen Congwen's world of Western Hunan

沈从文的艺术世界包括了湘西世界和都市世界。其湘西世界的构架有几方重要的基石：湘西自然世界的主体形象──“水”；爱、善、美统一的生命形式；楚文化的遗风──风俗民情。

The artistic world of Shen Congwen includes the world of Western Hunan and the world of metropo- lis. There are sereral important parts in the world of Western Hunan, the mainimage in the natural world of Western Hunan-water; the life pattern containing love, benevolence and beauty; the preceding generation's cusloms of Chu Cutture-Customs and folk ways.