科举、文人与青楼:晚清狭邪小说的类型变迁

Imperial Examination,Intellectuals and Whorehouse:Stylistic Change of Courtesan Novels in the Late Qing Dynasty

晚清狭邪小说上承"人情小说"的叙事传统,下启民初的社会、言情小说创作,由言情而入谴责,由溢美转向溢恶,在文学传统上处于一个承上启下的位置。晚清时期科举制度、文人和青楼之间的关系变迁,是影响狭邪小说类型发生变化的重要原因,青楼成为晚清文人情感投射的一个隐喻空间,喻示着其中传统文人权力的日渐丧失,狭邪故事教化效用的可信性也随之被颠覆。

Courtesan novels in the late Qing Dynasty inherit the narrative tradition of Renqing novels,and start the creation of society and romance novels in the early Republic of China.From romance to condemning,from good to evil,the courtesan novels lie in a connecting link in Chinese literary tradition.The changing relationship in the late Qing Dynasty among the imperial examination,intellectuals and whorehouse is an important factor which influences stylistic change of the novels.The whorehouse becomes the metaphorical space which implies the decay and the loss of power of traditional Chinese intellectuals,and at the same time the moralistic purpose of the courtesan novels failed.