文学语言与作品主题－重新认识文学作品的语言艺术特色

Literary Language and Themes of Literary Texts: Re-thinking the Language and Artistic Features of Literary Works

陈家骏(Tan Kar Chun)

《华文学刊》 37期 (2021/06) Pp. 25-36

摘要

根据观察，新加坡教师在教导及分析文学作品时，往往从思想内容和艺术特色两方面着手。对艺术特色方面的探析，主要是从人物的塑造、辞格、故事的结构方面入手；对作品的文学语言，即对作品中的字词句的讨论及分析，稍嫌不足。文学语言在文学作品中有着特别的作用和功能，与作品主题更是关系密切，值得探究。本文将从文学语言的角度，以新加坡教育部规定的文学教材作为对象，探究文学作品字词句与作品主题的关系。

關鍵字

文学语言 ； 艺术特色 ； 小说分析

並列摘要

When teaching literature, especially fiction, Singapore teachers tend to confine to two aspects, namely the theme and writing skills. Many a time, the discussion of the latter focuses on how the author portrays the characters in the fiction, and, sometimes, the figures of speech. However, the language aspects of the literary works, especially the choice of lexical items, though closely related to the theme, are often insufficiently explored. This article aims to investigate on how and what types of lexical items are chosen in highlighting the theme of a literary text. Ministry of Education (MOE) prescribed literary texts are used as examples.

並列關鍵字

literary language ； artistic characteristics ； textural analysis