幽默:老舍文学创作的一剂良方

老舍的幽默具有温和的特色,无论是文本话语,还是作品中人物形象的话语、行为举止、心理活动,读者决不会"哈哈大笑",只可能是"中等程度的笑"。在创作过程中,他能够大量借鉴通俗文艺的幽默手段,对塑造人物、表情达意起了重要作用。老舍是幽默的集大成者,无论是小说,包括长篇、中篇、短篇,还是诗歌、散文、戏剧都长于幽默。老舍式的幽默涂上了特立独行的底色,体现出性情温和、风趣通俗、底蕴深厚的特征,使老舍的文学作品获得了穿越时空的生命张力和悠长魅力。

Humor - A Panacea of Lao She's Literary Creation

Lao She's humor has a characteristic of mildness.His works,whether the text discourse,or the discourse,behaviors and psychological activities of the characters,will never make readers laugh but smile.During his creation process,he draws heavily on the means of popular literary humor which plays an important role in shaping figures and expressing emotions and meanings.Lao She is a master of humor,which can be showed not only in his novels,novelettes and short stories but also in his poetry,prose and dramas.His unique style of humor,which is mild,witty,popular and profound,has made his works full of life tension and great charm.