“小说界革命”的预前准备

近年来,"小说界革命"与"五四"新小说的衔接被强化,但它与先前小说发展的联系却遭到割裂;相应地,"近代"是小说发展的一个阶段也被否认.自鸦片战争以降,先进印刷技术传入,从物质生产层面为小说创作进入快车道作好了准备;报刊等新传播媒体的出现,影响到小说创作各个方面.并使其拥有极广泛的读者群;新兴的翻译小说促使创作逐渐越过传统的藩篱;小说理论的内容与阐述形态也明显改观.这一切在当时的集中发生,说明"近代"是一个不可分割的、具有独特意义的小说发展阶段.近代小说在二十世纪初走到发生重大变革的临界点,而梁启超出于政治功剩的介入及其巨大影响力的发挥,使六十余年来小说发展的能量积累未按原有的惯性方向,而是以独特的"小说界革命"的形态释放;但它又无法摆脱巨大惯性的摄动,故而梁启超提倡的政治小说只是短暂存在,小说很快又仍按其应有的路径前行.

The Preparation of "the Revolution in the Field of Novel"

The article argues that the development of novels in modern China before 1915 had prepared the way for the arising of "the Revolution in the field of novel". The import of advanced printing technology, the emergence of new media such as newspaper, the flourish of translation novels and the development of novel theory, all these elements have made this stage very significant in the history of Chinese novels. At the beginning of the 20th century, LIANG Qi-chao's advocacy of political novels changed the orientation of the development of novels and caused so-called "the Revolution in the field of novel", which was, however, temporal.