摘要
《镜花后缘》是《镜花缘》的续书、仿作,在新加坡《星洲晨报》1910年1月至6月连载,未刊完。这部新发现的续书、仿作,对《镜花缘》的读者和研究者来说,意义重大。文章将《镜花后缘》与《镜花缘》文本互涉的续书、仿作以及西方思潮进行比较,分析了作者创建男女平权的和谐社会、关注性别和种族关系的创作意图,认为该文本与《镜花缘》的其他续书、仿作一样,属于女性乌托邦的亚文类。美国现当代作家汤婷婷的英文小说《金山华人》是这个亚文类跨语种、跨地域的延续。
Jinghua Houyuan,a sequel to The Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror,was serialized in Singapore＇s Chinese newspaper The Sun-Poo（Xingzhou Chenbao星洲晨报） from Jan 1910 to June 1910.The rediscovery of this rare and unfinished sequel is significant as it is unknown to most of the contemporary readership and researchers.From the perspective of genre,The Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror and its re-writings including Jinghua Houyuan follows a certain pattern of creation,focusing on gender and gender as their major theme.This paper briefly narrates the contents of Jinghua Houyuan and compares it with the themes of other sequel intertextualties.Analyzing the author＇s intention to create a harmonious society with gender equality regardless of race,the paper sees the text,like many other The Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror＇s sequels,as an example of ideal fiction,falling into the sub-genre of women＇s Utopia.This paper also recognizes that the awareness and construction of such sub-genre in Chinese fiction was completed a century ago.The first three chapters of American contemporary writer Maxine Hong＇s China Men are an extension of this sub-genre,which crosses language and regional boundaries.
