唐代文言小说与文学制作意识

The Tang novels and the sense of literary creation

对于唐代文言小说的定义 ,学术界存在较大的分歧 ,归其根本是判断标准的混杂。鲁迅《中国小说史略》中的“传奇”概念也是模糊变化的。其实唐人文言小说并未形成文体上的突破 ,只是文学制作意识在各旧有的叙事文体中得到大量的广泛的运用 ,这与唐人万象更新的风气相关。然而文言叙事文体的传统规范性使这种文学制作意识的侵入只能停留在一定的程度 ,所以“唐人传奇”

The discrepancy between the criteria used to define the Tang novels has provoked a variety of ideas.Tang novels did not make any breahthrough in terms of literary style,what they did was applying the sense of literary creation in narrative writings,which was consistent with the then blooming atmosphere.As the traditional format of narrative writing limited the sense of literary creation to a certain degree,it may be questionable to assign a particular literary style to “Tang legends”.