新罗人的乡歌功用观浅析

在朝鲜古代,乡歌的诞生意味着真正意义上国语文学的开始。新罗人认为作为一种民族诗歌形式,乡歌有很强的审美功能和社会价值。尽管三国以后文艺快速发展,但人们在文艺的社会功能方面依然存在着神秘主义的观念,这无疑是当时人的世界观在文艺观上的反映。在文艺实践中,朝鲜新罗人还发现文艺有明显的审美教育作用和达意宣志的作用。新罗人的这些乡歌观,为以后文艺批评的发展奠定了良好的基础。

Silla People's Viewpoints on Folk Song

The appearance of folk songs in Silla period began the real native-language literary creation in ancient Korea. People at that time thought that folk songs had great influences on one＇s aesthetic judgment as well as on the whole society though they still believed literature and art a mystery because of the limitation of their world outlook. In practice, Silla people found out that literature and art could play an important role in aesthetic education and be helpful to express one＇s will. These viewpoints undoubtedly made a good foundation for the latter literary critique.