"模仿"(mimesis)是创意写作理论的重要组成,古希腊、罗马时期的模仿观念以及贵族教育中的模仿教学方法是其重要源头.在创意写作的问题域中重新考察以柏拉图和亚里士多德为代表的古典模仿观念,不难发现他们分别开辟了对写作对象的模仿和写作行为模仿两种范式,理想的模仿即为创造.在实践中,古希腊、罗马的贵族教育普遍采用模仿教学法,并形成了仿写练习、翻译练习、释义练习等成熟的模范训练方法.这不仅证实了古典模仿说思想孕育了宝贵的写作思想,模仿教学实践中的模仿原则和方式方法对创意写作工坊有重要指导作用,而且有助于进一步厘清创意写作中模仿与创新的辩证融合关系,进而为创意写作理论的历史根源提供合法性.

As a rare phenomenal original online-novel, Lord of Mysteries recently has drawn wide attention from the critics. From the perspective of fiction typology, Lord of Mysteries is a social growth story in the new era under the cloak of fantasy. The novel’s creative contribution to the growth narrative is mainly reflected in: a) the “knowing and doing” dimension of growth which is full of deep “spiritual” exploration; b) the “time-space” background which expands the span of “space” breadth and “time”; and c) the structure of growth narrative which creates an interactive complex configuration between characters. The regular hero image of the protagonist Klein is the “guidepost” of the reader’s growth. The “play-to-be method” as the core setting is a metaphor of the social transformation in personality. The construction of the subjectivity in the growth process is the cultural implication of this novel, pointing to the cultural utopia of a generation of young writers and readers.