市井人生,闾巷风俗——日本江户时期市民文学探微

Worldly Life and Folk Customs: Civil Literature in Japan's E-do Era

日本的江户时代,由于市民阶层的逐步兴起并发展成为一股强大的政治力量,市民文学也逐渐占据了文学的主流,其主要特点如下:市民阶层成为江户文学的主要创作者;人文思潮应运而生;新的市民文学形式不断涌现。市民文学的兴盛究其原因,在于市民自身地位的提高带动了文学意识的觉醒,城市化的发展为市民文学提供了一个全新的创作空间,印刷术的普及又使市民文学能得以快速而广泛地传播。

In Japan＇s E-do era, due to the rise of the citizen＇s class, civil literature became the predominant form. It has three characteristics： citizens were the major producers of the literature; humanistic thoughts emerged; and new forms came forth. The factom behind this development are as follows ： rising status of the citizens aroused their literary awareness ; urbanization opened up a entirely new sphere for literary creation ; development of printing contributed to the rapid dissemination of literature.