晚清政治小说的时空想象

On the spatio-temporal imagination of the political fiction in the late Qing Dynasty

晚清政治小说以全新的时空想象,设计国家未来发展模式,这种想象在时间上着眼未来,空间上着眼世界。中国文学开始关注社会现实和走向世界。传统农耕社会的理想是陶渊明描绘的世外桃源,晚清政治小说国家想象超越这种小农的社会乌托邦。政治小说的直接功利性超过了它的艺术性,政治小说本身代表上层知识分子的集体愿望,没有贴近普通民众的想法,因此没有实现新民启蒙的最初目的。

The political fiction of the late Qing Dynasty designed the nation＇s future development pattern in the brand-new spatio-temporal imagination.As for time,this kind of imagination focused on the future,and as for space,it focused on the world.Since then,the Chinese literature began to pay attention to the social reality and further to the world.The ideal of the traditional agricultural society was the ideal paradise portrayed by Tao Yuan-ming,but the nation＇s imagination of the political fiction in the late Qing Dynasty surpassed the utopia of that small-scale farming society.The direct utilitarianism of the political fiction was more than its artistry.The political fiction itself represented the collective desire of top intellectuals.Without closing to the common people＇s idea,the political fiction failed to achieve the initial purpose of enlightenment.