表现主义:林语堂文学观的核心

林语堂是一个强调主体精神的作家 ,他认为文学艺术是自我的表现 ,并从克罗齐的表现主义和晚明的性灵说中为自己寻找理论依据。林语堂创作中所要表现的“自我” ,是主体特有的精神表记 ,自始至终伴随着主体的情感活动。在艺术发现阶段 ,他突出了感悟的作用 ;在艺术构思阶段 ,他看到了情感对创作动机的激发和推动 ;在艺术表达阶段 ,他提倡行于当行之时 ,止于不得不止处 ,随意而作 ,不拘格套。林语堂站在浪漫主义立场上接受“表现主义” ,强调“自我” ,也是时代精神使然。

Expressionism: Core of Lin Yutangs Literary Views

Lin Yutang, an author focused on essence of the individual self, considers literature and arts to be a form of self-expression and he has found theoretical motivation from Crochis expressionism and the Theory of Temperament during the late Ming Dynasty. The ego expressed in Lins literary works is a unique spiritual mark of the individual self and it accompanies him all the time in his emotional activities. In the stage of art-discovery, Lin stresses the role of self-realizing; in the stage of literary conception, he realizes the impetus and push on literary creation from emotions; in the stage of expression, he advocates expressing at will free from any restraints. In terms of the then situation, it seems natural for Lin to take to expressionism on the position of romanticism and emphasizes ego.