客观生活的舞步——从塞万提斯到巴尔扎克的小说本质论

The Dancing Steps of the Objective Life——on the Essence of Fiction from Cervantes to Balzac

从小说诞生那天起,许多学者及作家从各自的角度出发阐释小说的本质。塞万提斯、菲尔丁和巴尔扎克继承了亚里士多德的"模仿说",认为小说的本质是客观生活的模仿或者反映,尤其是巴尔扎克将小说这个文学殿堂的后起之秀推向了第一个辉煌的巅峰。

Since the novel came into existence, many scholars and authors have interpreted the nature of novel from various standpoints. Inheriting Aristotle＇s Imitation ＇lheory, Cervantes, Fielding and Balzac think that the nature of novel is the imitation or reflection of the objective life, and especially Balzac, who improves novel, the young and promising one in the literature family, to its first glorious peak.