40年代后期左翼文艺界眼中的“都市文学”——兼论《虾球传》

“Urban Literature” Viewed by the Leftist Literary and Artistic Circles in the Late 1940s

论文以20世纪40年代左翼文艺界眼中的“都市文学”为对象,讨论左翼文艺与城市通俗小说之间牵涉到的复杂情况。此时,所谓的“都市文学”与以农村为中心的解放区通俗小说相比,显然具有不同性质。论文主要通过堪称“小市民小说”的《虾球传》,探讨在40年代后期“一体化”的文学实践过程中,左翼文艺对“都市文学”的态度和他们所设想的“都市文学”的理想以及评价尺度的问题。

This paper aims to discuss the complexities involved in the leftist literature and art as well as popular urban literature by targeting the ＂urban literature＂ as viewed in the leftist literary and artistic circles in the 1940s. The then so-called ＂urban literature＂ differed markedly from the popular fiction centered on the countryside in the liberated areas. By analyzing The Story of Xiaqiu-a ＂novel for petty city-dwellers＂, this paper attempts to explore, in the process of ＂the unitary＂ literary practice in the late 1940s, the attitude of leftist writers and artists to and their proposed ideal for ＂urban literature＂ as well as their norm of evaluation.