娱乐氛围下的红学论争——刘心武现象之文化探析

Dispute over Hongxue under the Atmosphere of Show Business

近来,刘心武揭秘式解读《红楼梦》在电视媒体的传播中,吸引了众多观众。而互联网上的调查获得了近万名网民的支持。这一文化现象的出现与当下民众的娱乐心理不无关系。其背景类似于红极一时的娱乐节目“超级女声”。不论是百家讲坛,还是电视与网络媒体上的普通民众,乃至刘心武本人,都是在一种娱乐氛围下所产生的文化现象。

The TV programs that Liu Xinwu＇s new interpretation to Dream of the Red Chamber attracted a large number of audience recently, and a survey conducted on Internet shows that nearly ten thousand net-citizens favor Liu＇s lectures. The emergence of this culture phenomena is closely related with the amusement psychology of contemporary demos, and its developing background is similar to amusement programs “Supergirl” on TV. No matter CCTV Lecture programs, or common audience related with TV/Internet, or even Liu Xinwu himself, are deeply influenced by the atmosphere of show business.