日本近世小说怪异性溯源——以与中国文学的关联为中心

On the Origin of Weirdness in Japanese Modern Fiction:With Respect to Chinese Literature

明清小说及理论的东传直接引发了日本近世怪异小说的流行,民间的百物语怪谈会等起到了推波助澜的作用。日本小说家还受到中国发愤著述思想的深刻启示,并常借助传统的生魂作祟描写来表现主人公的愤激之情。由中国传入日本的佛教和日本的原始信仰都广泛涉及怪异题材,宗教信仰的重叠构成了日本人对怪异小说情有独钟的文化土壤。

Buddhism introduced into Japan from China and Japanese primitive faiths both involve weird themes. The overlapping of the religious faiths laid the cultural foundation for the Japanese love for weird fiction. The introduction into Japan of the Ming and Qing fiction and related theories gave rise to the wide circulation of weird fiction in Japan. On the other hand, Hyakumonogatari in Japan also promoted the fiction＇s development. Enlightened by the Chinese ideology of ＂writing for venting one＇s spite＂, Japanese novelists were inclined to express the protagonists＇ resentment with the aid of traditional ＂evil spirits＂.