中国现代小说中的小城镇官僚形象

The Administrators of the Township in Modern Chinese Novels

行政是小城镇最重要的社会功能之一,小城镇因而成为基层社会管理者及其幕僚的聚居地。近现代基层社会的政体变革使小城镇集聚众多的地方小官僚。现代小城镇小说作家以鲜明的政治——社会视角塑造了一系列不同层次、不同特征的地方小官僚形象,展示他们的横行无忌、巧取豪夺与交替沉浮,暴露了20世纪上半叶中国基层政权的腐败与黑暗。

Administration is one of the most important social functions in little towns, so the little town becomes the habitation of grass-roots social administration and the assistants to those officials. Novels on the little town give an account of large numbers of the administrators at a distinctive political and social angle, and portrays local bureaucrats in a series of different levels and characteristics.