柳宗元是中国中唐时期的杰出文学家和进步思想家,他创造性地继承了秦 汉寓言的叙事特点,把寓言发展成为一种独立的、富有讽刺性的文体,增强 了寓言这一文学样式的艺术性。柳宗元的寓言创作取材于丰富的材料,寓意 深刻,叙事结构多样化,叙事情节复杂曲折,叙事语言冷峻峭拔,有着较强的 哲理性和思辨性,这与他的生活经历和身处官场生活的切身体验密不可分, 契合了中唐时期的审美需求。柳宗元的寓言影响了中唐后寓言创作的发展, 其文学价值及社会价值是值得深入探讨的。
LIU, Zong Yuan was an outstanding writer and progressive thinker in the mid-Tang Dynasty in China. He creatively inherited the narrative characteristics of fables in Qin and Han Dynasties, developed fables into an independent and ironic style, and enhanced the artistry of fables as a literary style. LIU, Zong Yuan's fable creations are based on rich materials, with profound meanings, diverse narrative structures, complex and twisted narrative plots, and austere narrative language, with strong philosophical and speculative nature. The personal experience is inseparable and fits the aesthetic needs of the mid-Tang Dynasty. LIU, Zong Yuan's fables influenced the development of fable creation after the middle Tang Dynasty, and its literary value and social value are worthy of in-depth discussion.