主体的召唤与实现——梁启超启蒙小说理论新探

The Beckoning and Realization of the Subject——A new exploration of Liang Qichao's enlightenment theory of fiction

梁启超认为,传统文化对小说的歧视导致其创作主体沦为华士商贾,整体品位不高。而要实现"新民",就必须吸引新兴知识分子投身政治小说创作,利用小说的通俗性、感染力来传播启蒙思想。近代出版业的兴起与科举制的废除为此提供了现实条件,促成文学格局从以诗文为主向以小说为主的演变。

In Liang Qi--chao＇s view, the traditional culture＇s discrimination against novels resulted in merchants becoming the subjects of fiction creation and its relative poor quality. To create new citizens, reform--minded intellectuals must be attracted to the creation of political novels whose popularity and infectiousness should be used to spread enlightenment ideas. The emergence of the modem publishing industry and the abolishment of the Chinese Imperial Examination in the late Qing Dynasty provided conditions for the change and promoted the transition from the poetry--and--prose--dominated literary creation to that dominated by novels.