论“三言”小说新的表现意趣及引发原因

On Sanyan's New Temperament and Its Causes

“三言”小说体现出不同于宋元时期话本的新的表现意趣:从重在娱心到娱心与告诫兼备;从重在编织情节发展为于离奇曲折的情节中展现自然的世俗人性。引发这些转变的因素有:明代的社会思潮,作者的改变,接受阶层的改变。

Sanyan, a novel series of the Ming Dynasty, shows a new temperament which is quite different from that of the novels in Song and Yuan dynasties. Its focus has been shifted from entertainment only to entertainment and warning as well. It emphasizes more on the display of the humanity than on plotting. The reasons for the shifts are as follows： the social current of thoughts in tile Ming Dynasty, and the changes in its authors and target readers.