清初话本的新变

On the Change of Huaben Stories in the Early Qing Dynasty

清初话本作家都是由明入清的文人,他们在小说中表达对明朝的眷念,对变节官吏的嘲讽。明清鼎革的现实使他们对传统的价值观念产生了困惑与怀疑,一些崇高、庄严、神圣的东西在他们的笔下都变得滑稽可笑。他们创作了一批以战乱为背景的话本,基本倾向是展示战争给百姓带来的灾难。清初话本的形式也发生了明显的变化,主要表现在连缀形式和体制特征两个方面。

Most writers of Huaben stories were literati from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. In their novels, they expressed their nostalgic feelings at the Ming Dynasty, and sarcastic remarks on the defectors, Meanwhile, the dynastic change made them confused and suspect the traditional values so that some sacred and solemn things became funny and ridiculous in their writings. Under this circumstances, they created a number of Huaben stories about war turmoil. The style of Huaben stories in the early clays of the Qing Dynasty changed obviously, which shows two features form of putting episodes together, and its pattern.