雕空镂影亦幻亦真--论《聊斋志异》的朦胧美

朦胧美是<聊斋志异>的美学特征之一.它写的人物变化,不是有客观条件为依据,而是虚幻的、想像的,因之也是模糊的、朦胧的;其艺术世界的情景和人物,使人产生心理距离,距离感产生模糊体验的朦胧美;<聊斋志异>的人物塑造,千姿百态,作者主要用"虚"笔,笔端变化,用多种自然形态的类比以传其神,具有很大程度的朦胧美.<聊斋志异>的评点家对小说的朦胧美是充分张扬与肯定的.

The Illusory and Imaginary Impression from the Sense of Haziness--On the Beauty of Bewilderment Embodied in Liaozhaizhiyi

The beauty of haziness in Liaozhaizhiyi (A Collection of Ghost Stories) is one of the aesthetic characteristics. The changes of its characters are not subject to the objective conditions, but something illusory and imaginary, consequently vague and hazy. The scenes and characters in its artistic world give us the sense of psychological distance, thus causing a kind of hazy beauty concerning vague experience. There are lots of ways for the portrayal of the characters in Liaozhaizhiyi. The touches of the author's pen are not solid ones. The characters are vividly portrayed by using many analogies of the natural forms. To a considerable degree, Liaozhaizhiyi shows the beauty of haziness, which is sung high praise for by the critics of Liaozhaizhiyi.