《梼杌闲评》对明末时事小说的继承与发展研究

On Inheritance and Development of Tradition of Current Events Novel Made by Taowu Review

《梼杌闲评》是一部以魏忠贤为题材的历史小说。着重描写了其祸国殃民的罪恶一生,因此一般研究者都将它归入"时事小说"一类。它继承了时事小说"求实"的特点,在此基础上又加入了大量的世情笔法,增强了小说的文学性。这不仅丰富了作品的思想内涵,也提升了小说的艺术品位,《梼杌闲评》的创作在一定程度上代表了清初小说发展演变的趋势。

Tao wu Review is a historical novel of Wei Zhongxian and it focused on describing the evil of his disastrous life,so it is generally classified into the current event novel.Tao wu Review inherited the realistic feature of novel on current events and strengthen the literariness of novel through adding a lot of the social life description to the writing.This not only enriches the contents of novel,but also enhances the artistic taste.To some extent,the creation of Tao Wu Review represents the evolution of historical novels in the early Qing Dynasty in China.