“道”与“艺”的冲突——论梁启超的小说宣传思想

The Conflict between"Dao"and"Art"——On Liang Qichao's idea of using fiction for publicity

梁启超把新小说当作政治宣传的工具,其思想经历了政治教化、舆论清议和唤醒国民三个阶段。梁启超的小说宣传思想有其历史进步性,但他一味强调小说的政治宣传功用,忽视小说的艺术创作规律与读者接受心理,也给新小说的发展带来了一些负面影响。

Liang Qichao regarded the new fiction as a publicity instrument and his thinking on this underwent through three stages, political indoctrination, opinion and comment, and arousing the people. His thinking on fiction as a political tool was historically progressive, but his disregard of the law of artistic creation and of the receivers＂ psychology also had some negative impact on the development of the modem fiction in China.