新都市小说研究（笔谈）——文学传统与新都市小说

Notes on New Urban Fiction

20世纪90年代以来，伴随着中国经济、社会、文化的快速转型，中国社会、尤其是城市，呈现出一种“类消费”“类后现代”的社会形态。基于此一背景。“新都市小说”应运而生。新都市小说不是空中楼阁。它是20世纪以来已有的城市文学的一个合理发展。新都市文学有着不同于以往的新的文学生产机制。它同传媒、出版、网络、影视等有着不解的源渊。新都市小说在叙写城市日常经验、呈现城市生活方式、表达都市想像方面为当代小说提供了新质。但部分小说对于“欲望”的一味俯就。缺乏积极的精神建构。是值得认真思考的问题。

Since 1990s, together with rapid economic and cultural transitions, there have emerged some social trends such as ＂pseudo-consumption＂ and ＂pseudo-postmodernity＂ in Chinese cities. ＂New Urban Fiction＂ has come into being against this particular backdrop. It is a reasonable development in urban literature since the 20th century. Different from previous rises of literary trends in production systems, new urban literature is closely associated with media, publishing, webs and movies. The urban fiction provides new substances for contemporary story-telling both in the depiction of urban life and styles and in the expression of urban imagination. However, it should be noted that some of these stories lack of an optimistic spirit by surrendering themselves to ＂the desire＂.