Research On The "Authenticity" Of Contemporary Literary Prose

The "authenticity" of literary prose is an important issue that the literary prose creation and theoretical research should face squarely,involving many styles,levels,links and elements.At the textual level,it contains how literary prose can be distinguished from instrumental practical article and fictional novel,and goes deep into the stylistic level to reasonably explain the "fictional" phenomenon,the "emotional" problem and the "intellectual" characteristics of literary prose;On a deeper level,it requires to further clarify the internal relationship between the "authenticity" of literary prose text and the "sincerity" of literary prose creators from the perspective of "authenticity",and to promote the "authenticity" to the "beauty" of literary prose,and foresee the historical fate of literary prose as a special carrier of aesthetic value.Therefore,it is of great theoretical and practical significance to carry out systematic theoretical research on this issue.Literary prose,instrumental applied article and fictional novel can be collectively referred to as "generalized prose",i.e.scattered text.The first two styles belong to the category of traditional "prose".By integrating these three styles and factors involved such as the "implied author" in ontological category and the "narrator" in reflective category into the narrative communication framework of modern narratology,it can be seen that the fundamental difference between the authenticity and fiction of "generalized prose" text lies in the nature of relationship between the "narrator" and his narrative behavior and the "implied author" and his creative psychological process.The history of traditional "prose",the history of novel and many important classical literary theories can prove that the "authenticity" of traditional "prose",including literary prose,is different from fiction in that the "narrator" and his narrative behavior in traditional "prose" constitute a authentic reflection of the "implied author" and his creative psychological process,referred to as "authentic narrative behavior".The "narrator" and his narrative behavior in the fiction do not constitute a authentic reflection of the "implied author" and his creative psychological process,which is called "fictitious narrative behavior".The second meaning of the "authenticity" of literary prose is "literary authenticity",which is sublimated from the "authentic narrative behavior" of traditional "prose".It has become the internal condition for modern literary prose to differentiate and transcend from the category of traditional "prose",and it is also its unique character independent from fiction and all fictional literature based on "fictitious narrative behavior".The "literary authenticity" of literary prose contains many narrative features,such as unfolding the text from the dominant first person narrative perspective,inversely molding the "implied author" personality image,and the "zero distance" realism between the reader and the author.The determination of narratological basis for the distinction between literary prose and fiction provides a new perspective and analytical method for investigating the essence of the phenomenon of mutual penetration between narrative literary prose and fiction and analyzing its interpenetration types.The "authenticity" requirement of literary prose which integrates "authentic narrative behavior" and "literary authenticity" will be embodied into the corresponding "authenticity" purport of literary narrative prose,lyrical prose and reasoning prose,and a series of sub questions will be derived.In order to solve these complicated "problem sets",we must grasp the projection process from the "subject consciousness" of "implied author" to the "narrator" image in the text.Generally speaking,in the process of literary creation,the concentration and differentiation of the creator’s subjective consciousness is a universal contradiction.In the process of literary prose creation,the implied author mainly uses the expression methods of "lyricism" and "reasoning" with the function of cohesion and expression to project the subject consciousness to the main outer layer "narrator" in a relatively concentrated and stable manner,so as to create the nature that the "narrator" image authentically reflects the "implied author" image;In the process of fiction creation,the implied author dispersedly and continuously projects the subject consciousness to one "narrator" or different "narrators" by means of "narration" and "description" with differentiation and reproduction function,so that no "narrator" in the text can constitute a direct and authentic reflection of the implied author.The substantial difference between literary prose and fiction in the projection of subject consciousness determines that the "narrative voice" in literary prose text has the contradiction of dominance and subordination,monism and pluralism;The dominant "narrative voice" of the "narrator" as the authentic reflection of implied author is diffused into the "literary tone" of literary prose,which is typically reflected in literary lyrical prose and reasoning prose.This dominant "narrative voice" and other diversified and subordinate "narrative voices" are interwoven into the "polyphony" of literary prose,which is mainly reflected in narrative literary prose.In Chinese traditional cultural value,"authenticity" and "sincerity" are highly related categories.The "authenticity" requirement of literary prose texts is rooted in the persistent pursuit of "sincerity" personality with "virtue" as the core and integrating truth,goodness and beauty in Chinese cultural value.Although the "sincerity" principle of personality of contemporary literary prose creator contains profound traditional cultural value orientation and traditional literary prose spirit,there are many loopholes as a theoretical principle.In fact,whether it is the "authenticity" of text or the "sincerity" of personality,there is a premise that is accepted by default without analysis.The premise is that the "authenticity" of literary prose text and the "sincerity" of creator personality can not be separated from the "beauty" of literary prose.Take the two dimensions of "normal" and "abnormal" and "internal" and "external" as the standards,literary prose,as a literary style,is distinguished from poetry,fiction,drama and so on by its ontological pursuit of "beauty of naturalness",which indicates that literary prose takes aesthetic expression of normal self personality and the life world centered on that as its fundamental content.It can be said that the "authenticity" and "sincerity" of literary prose is the premise and cornerstone of the "beauty"(beauty of naturalness)of literary prose,and the "beauty" is the convergence and final destination of "authenticity" and "sincerity".literary prose is an important aesthetic carrier for modern people to express themselves,improve their personality,return to the life world,and jointly build and share the future of mankind.Therefore,with the continuous development of modern society,literary prose will usher in its historic "spring".At that time,What will replaces the life artistry of traditional idealism,elitism and classicism,that is,the so-called "poetic dwelling" mode,is a new way of existence.It will convergence the harmonious ideal between human and nature,human and human,and human and self inner world into the cultivation and adherence to the normality of self personality,and integrate the abnormal and external life world into the normal and internal spiritual experience,and promote the endless and rising dynamic balance between the two,which can be described as "dwelling like literary prose".