休閑對話：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，一個是詩詞，另一個是什么?

Jerry: Is it the novel?

是小說嗎?

Tom: No, it is prose.

不對，是散文。

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

散文，是指題材沒有限制嗎?

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)代就是除了詩歌、戲劇、小說外的文學(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仗的嗎?像那個什么駢文?

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

戰(zhàn)國時代的時候散文比較興盛，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》，《孟子》這些。