水，沈从文永远的歌——沈从文作品中『水』的意象

在以湘西为题材的小说创作中， 沈从文常将人事的哀乐置于水边加以描绘。水， 不仅仅是沈从文小说创作的环境背景， 而且有着极为丰富的内涵， 它既是沈从文追求自然、和谐的人生形式的情感流露， 也是沈从文对于健康、向上、质朴的生命形态的礼赞， 同时也有作家对于民族过去、现在、未来的文明的得失的探究以及力图对民族道德、精神的重塑的思考。体现出沈从文沉重的历史使命感和深广、忧郁的情怀

Water in Shen Congwen's Writings

Shen Congwen always portrays the sadness and happiness of his characters by arranging them close to the waterside when he writes his novels with the subject matters of Xiangxi (the western part of Hunan Province).The water,as the background of Shen Congwen's novels,has a very profound connotation.It is not only a revelation of the writer's true feelings of pursuing a life pattern of naturality and harmony,but also an admiration for the healthy,progressive and simple life forms,as well as a meditation to a nation's civilizations in its past,present and future and the rebuilding of its morality and spirit.It reflects the writer's emotion to the heavy historical mission and a kind of vast and melancholy feeling.