中国当代历史小说发展概观

An Overview of the Development of Chinese Contemporary Historical Novel

不同时期的历史小说,反映着不同时期的社会现实需求。建国以来,随着中国与西方、传统与现代各种文化思想的碰撞,作家们的创作理念和历史观不断改变,中国当代各时期的历史小说的创作,出现了革命历史小说、新历史小说、文化历史小说以及架空历史小说等各种不同的具体形态,在题材选择、创作方法和美学风貌上各有不同。通过对这几种历史小说形态进行了梳理与分析,能够清晰地看出在不同文化碰撞和融合的背景下当代历史小说创作的发展脉络。

Historical novels of different periods reflect the real social demands of different periods. Since the foundation of the PRC, writers＇ creation concepts and concept of history have constantly changed along with the influence of all kinds of thoughts of the traditional and modern cultures from China and the West. The creation of historical novels in different periods of contemporary China appears a variety of different specific forms, such as the revolutionary historical novel, the new historical novel, the cultural historical novel, and different creative methods and aesthetics. This paper reviews and analyzes these kinds of historical novel forms, and we can see the creation development of contemporary novels under the influence of different cultures.