王德威《被压抑的现代性》与梁启超《论小说与群治之关系》比较批评

A Comparative Criticism Between Wang Dewei’s Repressed Modernity and Liang Qichao’s On the Relationship Between Fiction and the Masses

比较王德威《被压抑的现代性——没有晚清,何来五四?》与梁启超《论小说与群治之关系》,重估批评文本、主体。二者在不同文学史观、迥异历史语境下呈现出对晚清小说功能的夸大与遮蔽趋向,故批评与质疑不应厚此薄彼。对二者的比较重估有助于在交锋、对话中认识当下文学史“重写”。

This article makes a comparative study of Wang Dewei’s Repressed Modernity——Without the Late Qing Dynasty,How Could May 4th Movement Come about?and Liang Qichao’s On the Relationship between Fiction and the Masses,and re-evaluates the text criticism and subject of criticism.The conclusion is that there exists a tend of exaggeration and neglect of the function of fi ctions in the late Qing dynasty due to their views in diff erent values and historical backgrounds.Therefore,criticism and questioning should not be biased.A comparative reassessment of the two is helpful to understand the“rewriting”of contemporary literary history in the exchange and dialogue.