谈周作人对“载道文学”的批判

在周作人的文学理论体系中,＂言志＂与＂载道＂是一对核心概念。而且,对＂载道文学＂的批评是周作人20世纪30年代＂言志文学观＂的一项重要内容。该文分三部分展开论述：其一,对载道文学所维护的专制思想进行批判。质而言之,载道文学实际上就是为文化专制主义张目。其二,对载道文学所蕴含的＂政治作用＂的批评。过分相信和夸大＂文字有灵＂以及对于政治有大作用是载道文学的弊病。其三,反对模拟。周作人认为,封建专制是模拟之风久盛不衰的根源,其结果便是＂无定见＂。

Thoughts on Zhou Zuoren's Criticism of "Tao-carrying Literature"

In the symstem of Zhou Zuoren＇ s literary theories, he presented a couple of essential concepts, ＂Literature Carrying Tao＂ and ＂Poetry Expressing One＇ s Will＂. The criticism of ＂Tao-carrying literature＂ is as the focus of Zhou＇ s theory ＂Poetry Expressing One＇ s Will＂ in the 1930s. The paper has three parts. The first is Zhou＇ s criticism to tyrannical thoughts protected by ＂Tao-carrying Literature＂, namely,＂Tao-carrying Literature＂ actually is protector of literary despotism. Secondly,it is Zhou＇ s criticism to political functions embodied in ＂Tao-carrying Literature＂. Much Believing and over-exaggerating ＂literature has its soul＂ and its great effect on politics are the defects of ＂Taocarrying Literature＂. The third is to go against imitating. Zhou＇ s view is feudal tyranny is the origin of prosperous fashion of imitation,which results in bottomed-down minds.