历史的哗变与圣者的遁逸——论新历史小说的革命叙事

The Historical mutiny and the dispelled sage——An overview of the revolutionary narration in the new history novels

时代的差异、西方当代文学与史学观念的介绍与引进,以及作家自身独特的境遇,促使新历史小说作家彻底抛弃了以往革命历史小说的历史观、文学观,颠覆了既往革命叙事的经典模式。革命叙事在新历史小说中呈现出对革命起源神话的终结、革命历史叙述的重组、革命英雄的沉落等截然不同的景象,表现了拓展历史生活扇面的趋势,但对革命历史的随意处理或编制也有取悦、迎合大众文化之弊,革命历史被演绎成纯粹的幻想,其颠覆性破坏给以后的小说创作以警示。

The times of difference , the introduction and importation of the contemporary western literary and historical concept and the writers, personal experience impelled the writers of the new history novels to Entirely abandon the concept of history and literature in the revolutionary Fiction , and overwhelmed the classical mode of revolutionary narration . They Winded up the mythology of genesis for Chinese revolution , reconstructed the narration of revolutionary history. Meanwhile, the scared revolutionary heroes were disappeared in their novels. This also showed the trend of new exploration about historical life and spirit. But the random handling and deconstruction leaded to pander to Low tastes. Therefore, the method of literary creation provided a lesson for those Coming novels.