现代白话文的孕育——晚清白话文的文体特征

Creation of Modern Vernacular

晚清白话文热潮的兴起,必然导致白话文表述方式的改变,由此催生出新的文章体式。白话文在这个时期主要文体有论说文、时闻文和论学文,大部分被时代赋予了激情澎湃汪洋恣肆而又往往流于肤浅的文章特征。它们比同时代的其他文体更接近当时的口语,更能体现出那个时代的核心话题,从特定角度反映了当时知识分子的精神状态。晚清白话文以不可阻挡之势逐渐蔓延开去,终于启引了现代白话文的萌生。

The rise of vernacular in the late Qing dynasty, which will change expression way of vernacular, then give birth to a new style of article. In this period, main styles of vernacular are argumentation, news, academic thesis, mostly stylistic features were fervent, uncon- strained and superficial. They were closer the spoken language at that time than other styles, reflecting the core topics of that era, reflecting intellectuals’ mental state at that time from specific point of view. Vernacular in the late Qing dynasty was a tide that is impossible to stop, which brought out modern vernacular.