《西游记》杂剧对《西游记》小说影响的再认识

Re-exploring the Impact of Journey to the West, the Zaju, on Its Namesake, the Fiction

通过考察中国戏曲与小说的发展轨迹,结合两者的整体关系,指出《西游记》杂剧记叙唐僧取经内容完整,结构宏大,由此演进为小说具有必然性,并进而对它在后世百回本小说《西游记》成书过程中的影响和作用作了具体、客观的评析。

Through examining the traces of development of traditional Chinese operas and fictions, and the overall relationship between the two, this paper points out the necessity of the evolution from Journey to the West, the zaju (poetic drama), to its namesake, the fiction, the former being a record of the complete story with a grand structure of the Tang Monk's pilgrimage for Buddhist scriptures. It also provides a detailed and objective comment on and analysis of the zaju's influence on the formation of the one-hundred-chapter version of the fiction.