川端康成与沈从文的作品都具有浓郁的抒情性,《雪国》被视为日本抒情小说的经典,《边城》被看作中国抒情小说的典范。他们无论是诗化生活的描绘,还是艺术形象的塑造,都不约而同地表现出惊人的审美追求的相似,表现了著名作家共同的艺术敏感和类似的艺术表现方法。但相似中仍存在着差异。本文试从艺术手法出发,揭示其中的文化差异。 Kawabata Yasunari and Shen Congwen’s works are full of rich lyricism, “Snow Country” is regarded as the classic of Japanese lyric novel, “Border Town” is regarded as the model of Chinese lyric novel. Both of them depict the poetic life and the creation of the artistic image, both of which invariably show the similarity of the astonishing aesthetic pursuit, which shows the common artistic sensitive and similar artistic expression of famous writers. But there are still differences in similarity. This article attempts to start from the artistic techniques to reveal the cultural differences.