“人生派”文学的历史沉浮与当代意义

在中国现代文学史上,人生派文学一直呈持续发展态势,以往论为人生文学,只关注五四这一块是不完整的。事实上,从五四到三四十年代,人生派文学都有强劲表现,且不断趋于成熟,显示其无可漠视的价值。由于人生派文学是接受欧洲文学思潮形成的,关注人、关注人生又是一个相当宽泛的话题,所以人生派文学还有更拓展的内涵。它有两种最基本的形态:一种是注重社会性的人生派,带有显著时代民族特色和较强社会功利色彩;另一种是主张浑然的人生的艺术,有较大的宽泛性和包容性,从宽泛意义上讲,京派文学也可纳入泛称的人生派。人生派文学已逐渐积淀成为中国新文学的一种优良传统,但因其与艺术派、阶级文学的对立,在现代中国的特定时代语境中,它既有顺利发展的幸遇,也有曲折前行的历程,甚至还有夹缝中生存的尴尬。检视其历史遭遇,对于我们深入认识、有效继承这个传统的经验是不无益处的。在当下文学由于过重私人化写作而使文学的接受形势变得日益严峻的时候,从文学关注人生、人生也关注文学的历史和现实中,汲取一些有益的经验和教训尤为必要。

Historical Ups and Downs of Literature For Life and Its Current Significance

In the history of modern Chinese literature,the literature for life has been keeping a consistent development.The formation of the literature for life was influenced by the European literary trend,and it is a broad topic to concern with human being and their life,which could have a more widened connotation.The literature for life has gradually come into being an excellent tradition for Chinese new literature.But it has,in the process of its development,twists and turns along with its lucky context in the sp...