《孽海花》——历史与讽刺的交界

"Nie Hai Hua" ——at the Junction of History and Satire

《孽海花》是晚清四大谴责小说之一,也是晚清讽刺小说的一部代表作。但不同于其他讽刺小说的是,它同时也可以被视作一部历史小说。《孽海花》体现出的"史传"传统——记录历史的责任,撰写史书的意识——不仅让这部小说具备了历史小说的特性,而且影响了小说讽刺的方式和效果。《孽海花》这种历史与讽刺的高度融合,使小说的讽刺达到了那个时代应有的高度。

As one of the four late Qing Dynasty＇ s condemned novels, ＂Nie Hal Hua＂ is a masterpiece of satirical novels of the late Qing Dynasty. But unlike other satirleal novels, it earl also be regarded as a historical one. The ＂historical＂ tradition reflected by this novel-- the responsibility to record the history, a sense of writing historical books-- not only makes it full of characteristics of historieM novels, but also affects the ironic way and effectiveness of many novels. The high degree of integration of history and satire of ＂Nie Hal Hua＂ makes the novel＇ s satire to reach a fitting height in that era.