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白先勇細說紅樓夢
《紅樓夢》導讀是白先勇先生在美國加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校東亞系主要授課之一，分中英文兩種課程，持續二十多年。
二○一四年，臺大邀請回母校開設《紅樓夢》導讀通識課，由於《紅樓夢》這本「天書」歷來的研究、批評、考據、索隱，林林總總，汗牛充棟，各方爭議熱烈，任何一家之言，都難下斷論。白先勇藉三學期的細說，正本清源，把這部文學經典完全當作小說來導讀，側重解析《紅樓夢》的小說藝術：神話架構、人物塑造、文字風格、敘事手法、觀點運用、對話技巧、象徵隱喻、平行對比、千里伏筆，檢視《紅樓夢》的作者曹雪芹如何將各種構成小說的元素發揮到極致。
《紅樓夢》早被公認是中國古典文學中最偉大的著作之一，更是集大成的才子書，才子書的真正解人，往往需要「惺惺惜惺惺」的風流人物。當今之世，白先勇不正是這種才子？他性好《紅樓夢》，熟讀大半生，尤其跨越兩百多年時空，以小說家與小說家心靈相印，豈非最適當的解人？
白先勇的細說，除了體大思精的掌握全書真意，更在一字一句、一段一落中，處處見出其中個別呈露的微妙涵義。白先勇「要把金針度與人」，絕不止淺層的講故事，說人物，他透過解構、剖析、抒理、同情……出入宏觀與微觀，如同曹雪芹書寫那麼強烈的興致勃勃，將畢生對《紅樓夢》的鑽研體會，傾囊相授。
透過這套書詳實而精準的整理呈現，不僅對《紅樓夢》的欣賞與理解，指出一條康莊大道，更帶給讀者對傳統、對文學、對文化、對人生的感悟與啟發。
二○一四年，臺大邀請回母校開設《紅樓夢》導讀通識課，由於《紅樓夢》這本「天書」歷來的研究、批評、考據、索隱，林林總總，汗牛充棟，各方爭議熱烈，任何一家之言，都難下斷論。白先勇藉三學期的細說，正本清源，把這部文學經典完全當作小說來導讀，側重解析《紅樓夢》的小說藝術：神話架構、人物塑造、文字風格、敘事手法、觀點運用、對話技巧、象徵隱喻、平行對比、千里伏筆，檢視《紅樓夢》的作者曹雪芹如何將各種構成小說的元素發揮到極致。
《紅樓夢》早被公認是中國古典文學中最偉大的著作之一，更是集大成的才子書，才子書的真正解人，往往需要「惺惺惜惺惺」的風流人物。當今之世，白先勇不正是這種才子？他性好《紅樓夢》，熟讀大半生，尤其跨越兩百多年時空，以小說家與小說家心靈相印，豈非最適當的解人？
白先勇的細說，除了體大思精的掌握全書真意，更在一字一句、一段一落中，處處見出其中個別呈露的微妙涵義。白先勇「要把金針度與人」，絕不止淺層的講故事，說人物，他透過解構、剖析、抒理、同情……出入宏觀與微觀，如同曹雪芹書寫那麼強烈的興致勃勃，將畢生對《紅樓夢》的鑽研體會，傾囊相授。
透過這套書詳實而精準的整理呈現，不僅對《紅樓夢》的欣賞與理解，指出一條康莊大道，更帶給讀者對傳統、對文學、對文化、對人生的感悟與啟發。
311 pages, Hardcover
Published July 1, 2016
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July 29, 2022
看白先勇老師評紅樓夢挺有收穫的，可以更深入了解曹雪芹的曠世巨作。
January 1, 2023
My proudest “literary” achievement this year is tackling 紅樓夢, one of the four major Chinese novels, with the help of 白先勇‘s reading guide.
Growing up my impression was that 紅樓夢 was a tedious love story about one boy and two girls. It is very much that, true, but the tragic part isn’t the triangle of who loves who and who chooses who. It’s because a “love story” is the only story girls were allowed. The girls are smart, funny, talented, and yet they are defined by and confined to the story of who they marry. The struggle, and the sadness are imbued with much more weight.
This is also a book of manners. So, 紅樓夢 is a story about the rise and ruin of a major family during Qing Qianlong. Every single character serves a specific role with its own set of rules, expectations, and responsibilities in the household. Some thrive, and some are crushed, and everyone is oppressed by these rules.
There are no badly written characters. An impossible feat. But maybe that’s thanks to the reading guide that explains all the characters very well. Everyone has a lot of dimensions, and they usually appear across the timeline, so you see their full story.
A big book with big themes. My biggest takeaway: things come and go, rise and fall. What goes up will come down. Take it in, feel it, let it consume you but not destroy you when it’s bad.
Growing up my impression was that 紅樓夢 was a tedious love story about one boy and two girls. It is very much that, true, but the tragic part isn’t the triangle of who loves who and who chooses who. It’s because a “love story” is the only story girls were allowed. The girls are smart, funny, talented, and yet they are defined by and confined to the story of who they marry. The struggle, and the sadness are imbued with much more weight.
This is also a book of manners. So, 紅樓夢 is a story about the rise and ruin of a major family during Qing Qianlong. Every single character serves a specific role with its own set of rules, expectations, and responsibilities in the household. Some thrive, and some are crushed, and everyone is oppressed by these rules.
There are no badly written characters. An impossible feat. But maybe that’s thanks to the reading guide that explains all the characters very well. Everyone has a lot of dimensions, and they usually appear across the timeline, so you see their full story.
A big book with big themes. My biggest takeaway: things come and go, rise and fall. What goes up will come down. Take it in, feel it, let it consume you but not destroy you when it’s bad.
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