林文月散文在當代的散文書寫上,已然典律化(Classic)。其內涵雖多被歸類為傳統散文一類,然而在作家的書寫技法與題材徹底顛覆,後現代主義拚貼式書寫充斥的當代,林文月追求真摯淳厚的散文本質,以及自然平易的表現手法自有其不替的價值。林文月寫作一向不願重複自己,所以,其散文雖然一路趨求淡澀風格,而其書寫策略之白描筆法,以及其記敘性、抒情性卻不斷演進,而終與繪畫概念及知性傳知相融合。至於其書寫體式之變化,則有藉擬古以求創新、結合飲食以記敘、借鑑傳記以寫人、導讀書籍以塑像等體式的突破。可以說林文月散文不僅在書寫內涵上有典雅內斂的意境,在藝術手法及體式呈現上亦迭有進境,不斷自我超越,從而建立其散文創作的美學價值。
Lin Wen-Yue is a well-known prose writer in contemporary times. Her prose works have been included as educating materials for many times in many textbooks in Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc. Hence, her proses of have been classicized in contemporary prose writing. Their connotations are usually classified as traditional form of proses. However, in contemporary times that authors' writing skill and themes have been totally subverted by the mainstream of the form of post-modernism that writers usually include various writing skill in their works without an appropriate combination, Lin's proses that pursue cordial and honest prose essence, and their natural and smooth style have their own value that can not be replaced by any others' works of literature. Lin's writing works are not to tend to repeat her former writing styles contents, or form of literature. Hence, although her proses always pursue a slight astringent style, her writing work are not tend to use magnificent rhetoric. However, even though she does not use magnificent rhetoric, the content of her narration has become more and more abundant, more complete, and more diverse; nevertheless, the writing strategy that she uses at the same time is to make her lyric writing way changes from splendid rhetoric to light writing. Then she had finally fused the concept of painting and the intellectuality. Her changes of the art of writing has innovated by the breakthrough of writing forms such as simulating traditional style, combining food and drink to narrate, describing people by quoting contents from biographies, creating images by reviewing classic works, and so forth. To sum up, we can say that Lin's proses have not only included elegant and introverted images, but the skill of creating art image and style are also progressing. She keeps surmounting herself to create the aesthetic value of her own work of prose writing.