在历史的情境中找寻相声发展的踪迹——评长篇小说《欢喜虫儿》

Tracking the Development of Cross Talk in Historical Situation——Reviewing the Long Story Happy Insects

艺术的产生与发展脱离不了大的时代政治经济、社会文化环境的影响和制约。相声在晚清时代的北京城出现,与当时的社会、地域等因素有着密切的关联。《欢喜虫儿》作为一部厚重的相声艺术发生、发展的文学性历史演义,体现出某种文化发生学的特质,并让我们对具体艺术的起源、发展、兴盛与出新有了新的认识。

The appearance and development of arts are influenced and restricted by political economy and social culture. The appearance of cross talk in Beijing in Late Qing Dynasty was closely related to the current social and regional factors. The story Happy Insects, as a historical literature evolution of cross - talk art, embodies a certain quality of culture from which we can gain some cognition and enlightenment in the origin, evolution, prosperity and renewal of concrete arts.