休閑對(duì)話：文學(xué)正宗之散文

Tom: When we say the authentic literature, one is poetry; do you know what the other one is?

所謂的文學(xué)正宗，一個(gè)是詩(shī)詞，另一個(gè)是什么?

Jerry: Is it the novel?

是小說(shuō)嗎?

Tom: No, it is prose.

不對(duì)，是散文。

Jerry: Does prose mean there is no limit of the theme?

散文，是指題材沒(méi)有限制嗎?

Tom: No, prose refers to no rhythms articles in ancient times; in the modern period, it includes article except poetry, drama and novels.

不是的，散文在古代是指不講究韻律的文章，在現(xiàn)代就是除了詩(shī)歌、戲劇、小說(shuō)外的文學(xué)作品。

Jerry: Doesn’t ancient article have to pay attention to parallelism? As the parallel prose?

古代的文章不是都要講究對(duì)仗的嗎?像那個(gè)什么駢文?

Tom: Prose was popular during the Warring States Period, mainly as the historical prose.

戰(zhàn)國(guó)時(shí)代的時(shí)候散文比較興盛，主要是一些歷史散文。

Jerry: Oh, like "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius".

哦，知道了，像《論語(yǔ)》，《孟子》這些。