五四新文学与自然主义

The Quotation of the New Literature in May 4th Movement

自然主义作为一种文学理念是20世纪初从日本传入中国的,但五四时期新文学运动并未像日本文坛那样形成典型的自然主义文艺思潮。中国文学环境的独特性使自然主义经过改良后成为诠释启蒙文学观的载体。五四新文学的倡导者们提倡自然主义,是试图用自然主义来克服写实主义"不忠实描写"的弊病,将它的某些法则加以改造而成为现实主义理论的有机部分。

Naturalism began to propagate in China at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time Japan was the most important theoretical cradle for the Chinese literators to learn naturalism. May 4th Movement called for naturalism, with an attempt to tide over the malpractice of disloyal description produced by realistic writing so as to improve it and make it an organic part of realistic theory.