边缘生存者的狂欢——论“三言”中的爱欲小说

A marginal survivals′ carnival:On the love stories in Three Collections of Short Stories

为了重新解读“三言”中的爱欲小说,以及把握这类小说创作和接受的深层动机,综合运用现代叙事学理论和巴赫金的狂欢化理论,从而对其艺术成就和效果做出新的判断。认为“三言”中的爱欲小说,是市民阶层创作的满足市民娱乐要求的消闲之作,作品中主人公爱欲实现的历程,是边缘人物发挥作用的过程,市民阶级作为边缘生存者,把说“话”和听“话”当作自己的狂欢节来对待,他们在这个节日里追求的是一种狂欢体验。

The modern theory and Bakhtin＇s carnival theory give a new interpretation about the love stories in Three Collections of Short Stories, this paper probes into the deep motivation of people writing and listening the love stories and give a new judgment of them. The love stories in Three Collections of Short Stories were creations of citizens for enjoyment. The marginal characters in the stories play an important role in the realization process of the heroes＇ love desire. As marginal survivals, citizens treat the love stories as their own. In this festival, what they look for was a kind of experience of carnival.