重"意"与重"形"的审美诉求--中西诗学中的"象"及其美学意义初探

“象”作为一个重要范畴,在中国诗学中主要表现为“意象”,而在西方诗学中主要表现为“形象”。中国诗学中的“象”以“意象”的表现形式实践了一条明倡“形神兼备”,暗中则是“神似胜于形似”,重“意”远远胜过重“形”的道路;而西方则刚好走了相反的路子,它以“形象”的表现形式演绎了一段重“形”轻“意”的历史。近现代西方美学中“意象”概念的广泛使用和文艺实践,为中西诗学的对话和未来发展昭示了广阔的交融前景。

Aesthetic Ideal--Putting Great Emphasis on Sense or Shape--"Xiang and Its Aesthetic Meaning in the Poetics of Chinese and Western"

Xiang"plays an important role in the poetics of Chinese and Western,and it meant"image"in Chinese poetics but" figure "in Western poetics. Chinese poetics prefered sense to shape, on the contrary, Western poetics paid more attention to shape than sense. With the widely used of the "image"conception in modern aesthetic of western and concerning practise of literature and art , a good prospect is on the way of the communication of Chinese and Western cultures and the confusion of different poetics.