沈从文与川端康成这两位在各自的国度拥有极高声誉的作家,一个用温婉之声为我们展现了独特的中国湘西民间风俗,一个则不遗余力地描绘了日本风俗,表现出日本传统的风情美和艺术美。两者在维护民族传统与民族文化方面,表现出惊人的相似,也传达出了对民族历史的守望。但二者在执着民间风俗这个题材进行创作时,走过的却是截然不同的道路。 Shen Congwen and Kawabata Yasunari, two writers who have very high prestige in their respective countries, show us a unique folk customs of western China in a gentle way, and one sparing no effort to portray Japanese customs and show the beauty and art of Japanese tradition nice. The two show striking similarities in safeguarding their national tradition and national culture, and they also convey their watch on the history of the nation. However, when they are writing on the theme of persistent folk customs, they have gone through entirely different paths.