“中国”“现代”“文学”观念的诞生

The Birth of Chinese Modern Literature Concept

中国现代文学观念的发生并不是一个单纯的文学事件,由于晚清以来"中国"形象发生了从"帝国"向"民族国家"的被动转化,这种"空间"认识的变化以及由此产生的启蒙和救亡意识,最终使我们抛弃了传统的循环论而接受了西方的线性时间观。现代文学观念的产生正是建立在传统/现代的"时间想像"和中国/西方的"空间想像"的基础上的,而"中国现代文学"作为一种制度化力量与现代民族国家的关系,成为我们理解它的关键。

Owing to the image of China from the late Qing dynasty which was passively transformed from ＂Empery＂ to ＂Nation-state＂, and the consequence of which gave birth to the consciousness of ＂Enlightenment＂ and ＂saving the nation from extinction＂, we abandoned the traditional circulative theory of history, but accepted the western linear time theory, so the occurrence of the concept of Modem Literature is based on the traditional-modem time imagination and China-western spatial imagination. And the ＂Chinese Modem Literature＂ becomes the key to comprehending it for its power of system and the relationship to the ＂Nation-state