好奇心理的释放与满足——中国古典小说创作、传播心理动因探微

Curiosity:Psychological Motivation of Classical Chinese Novel Writing and Reading

好奇心理的释放与满足是中国古典小说创作、传播的重要的心理动因,古人对此早有认识,表现在不仅以“志怪”、“传奇”来为早期的小说命名,而且在话本小说、长篇章回小说叙事思维模式的建构上,自觉地惟奇是求,追求故事情节的神奇怪异。基于这种心理,兴趣极浓地传抄、刊刻、传播小说,并以此为标准评注、评点、批评小说。

Curiosity and its release or satisfaction is always the psychological motivation for the writing and reading of novels in China, as was realized by the ancients long time ago. Not only those titled ＂records of the burlesque＂ or ＂stories of the absurd＂, but also the long multi-chapter novels, are constructed on the same basis. The widespread copying and dissemination, comment and annotation are also motivated by the same turn of mind.