文言语体和冲淡风格:《山窗小品》论

张恨水的散文代表作《山窗小品》自出版以来长期受到批评家的忽略,在现代文学史上的地位并不明显。《山窗小品》给评论家最大的难题是它以文言语体写成,有别于现代作家所惯用的白话语体。张恨水所使用的是一种浅易文言,接近白话文,能使作品在遣词造句上更有灵活性,加强写景的真实感及抒情的生动性。张恨水在《山窗小品》中塑造一种冲淡的风格,显示他如何继承传统文学,其艺术风格值得批评家予以重新评价。

Classical Chinese with a Style of Placidity:On the Art of Essays Completed under the Window with a Mountain View

Overlooked by most critics for decades,Zhang Henshui's Essays Completed under the Window with a Mountain View has not secured its place in modern Chinese literary history.This collection of essays has posed a dilemma to critics since it was written in classical Chinese,a style in contradiction with the vernacular style practiced by most modern writers.In fact,Zhang employed a simple classical style which is plain and elucidating,nearer to the vernacular form.This simple classical style brings more flexibili...