接受美学的期待之路——读者接受与文学的创新

文学发展的动力之一在于创新。在接受美学诞生之前,学者们往往从作家的角度讨论文学创新问题。本文用接受美学的理论探讨文学创新的问题。笔者将文学创新的标准与读者接受相结合,就创新的三个方式与期待视野的方法论进行了初步的探讨。最后得出的结论是:读者期待视野的提高是作家作品创新的主要依据,作家在文学创作中应该充分考虑读者的接受才能做到创新。

Expectations of Aesthetics of Acceptation--Reception of Readers and Innovation of Literature

This essay discusses literary originality from the angle of readers. The horizon of expectations is used to discuss the relationship between aesthetics of acceptation and literary originality and between the criterion and method of literary originality. The conclusion is that literary originality generally depends on the rising of reader's horizon of expectations. During the writer's production, the reader's horizon of expectations should be taken into consideration.