印度两大史诗的活态考察

印度两大史诗作为历史范畴的文化现象，是一种活态艺术。艺人说唱具有即时即型性。写定本的固定作用，导致活态艺术的消逝而成为标本。线性的起始与终点，消融于原始意识、集体意志之中。史诗及其说唱，规模在于情景，其“原始”性，在于艺人自我意识的消磨和群众的集体参与、迷狂。作为人类跨越文明门槛的历史印记，史诗的艺术魅力是不可企及的。

A Survey of the Oral Transmission of the Two Ancient Indian Epics

As a historically cultural phenomenon,the two epics of ancient India,Mahabarata and Ramayana,belong to the category of oral art,characterized by improvisational performance.The birth of written texts has resulted in the fossilization of that form of art as an artistic specimen.It should,nonetheless,be noted that both the birth and the death of the two epics are closely connected with the primitive consciousness and collective will of people participating therein.The attractiveness of epics and their perform...