废名、沈从文的乡土小说创作遵循着现实主义的创作原则,但不同于鲁迅、茅盾等,他们更加讲究主观个性的表现,把表现“美”当作创作的最高追求。废名的小说是一首首真善美的诗,它使小说意境“雅化”,沈从文的小说是一首首湘西民歌,它使小说的意境“通俗化”。一雅一俗,概括了他们小说意境的基本特征。 Fei Ming and Shen Congwen’s native novels follow the creative principle of realism. However, unlike Lu Xun and Mao Dun, they pay more attention to the subjective individuality and take “beauty” as their highest pursuit. Fei Ming’s novel is a song of the first kind, which makes the artistic conception of the novel “Yahua”. Shen Congwen’s novel is the first folk song in western Hunan, which makes the artistic conception “popularized.” One elegant and one vulgar, summed up the basic characteristics of their novel mood.