古代文学创作中的书写问题

现在所见的古代诗文墨迹,人们基本将其当作书法艺术看待,其实这是一种误解。古代文人无论是记言记事,还是作诗作文,其书写的墨迹原本是应用的语言,表达思想和情感的语言,所要传达的信息借助文字予以彰显。从作者书写的动机和书写之后形成墨迹的功能来看,这些墨迹首先是文学作品的文本;其次古人将字写得好看些;再次由于印刷技术和新的媒体传播方式出现,文学作品的文本形式发生了变化,而它最初的文本——书写墨迹,则被当作另一种审美形式——视觉艺术了。因此,当代所谓书法艺术,自作诗文甚少,人们欣赏书法作品,亦基本不读文字而只看墨迹是否"好看"。如此以来,书法的文化性、文学性日渐式微,其形式美感日益流行,这是一种令人忧虑的现象。

The Issue of Writing in the Ancient Chinese Literature

It is a misunderstanding that the ancient writing of poems and essays are regarded as calligraphy.In essence,this kind of writing was applied language to convey information and to express thoughts and emotions,whether ancient scholars kept a record of words and events or composed a poem and essay.Judging from motivation of writers and function of writing,this kind of writing was literary text originally.With the rise and development of printing and new media communication,the form of literary text has changed.As a result,the original form,ancient elegant handwriting,is regarded as another kind of aesthetic form-the visual art.Therefore,the so-called contemporary calligraphy art is confined to the appreciation of the beauty of ancient handwriting without reading and comprehending words,let alone composing poems and essays.Since then,a worrying phenomenon is emerging.The culture and literature of calligraphy have gradually declined,while the form aesthetic feeling of calligraphy has become increasingly popular.