五四启蒙运动与文学变革关系新论

Some New Insights in the Relation between the May-Fourth Enlightenment Movement and Literature Evolution

五四启蒙运动既受惠于欧洲运动 ,又以其对文艺复兴时期乃至 19世纪诸多文化思想的共时性吸纳与之有别 ,这是中国新文学获得新生的前提与价值所在。五四启蒙运动为中国文学的现代变革塑造了新型的历史主体 ,提供了具有结构张力的精神场域和可供借鉴的多元性文化资源。然而中国新文学主体的自觉和文学相对独立性的实现 ,却并非产生于这一启蒙运动的高峰而是在其落潮之时。正是在落潮的过程中 ,被忽略乃至于被压抑的文学性才冲破理性等的束缚 ,获得了正当的存在理由 ,并散发出艺术和美的光辉。

The May Fourth enlightenment movement was inspired by yet fundamentally different from the European cultures and ideas since the Enlightenment. The fact provided a premise and meanings for the revival of Chinese New Literature. The movement provided new writers, new intellectual horizons and new and diverse cultural resources, which combined to make a revolution possible in Chinese literature. However, the self awakening of new writers and the relative independence of literature appeared when the tide of the enlightenment movement began to ebb, rather than when it was at its peak time. It was during the ebb that the irrational elements in literature that had been overlooked and even suppressed broke the restriction of reason, found their own raison d'être, and became radiant with artistry and beauty.