八股文对明清小说繁荣的促进作用

On Promoting Effects of Ba Gu Wen(Eight-Legged Essay) to Ming-Qing-Dynasty Novels

八股文是明清科举的主试文体,明清小说作者对此十分熟悉,他们在长期的习业过程中,逐渐形成了八股文式的惯性思维,转作小说时,这种惯性思维也随之运用其中。这不仅表现在明清小说经常提及八股文等相关内容上,更表现在深层的创作当中,在一定程度上,明清小说的繁荣也有赖于此。

Ba Gu Wen （Eight -Legged Essay） is the main literary style in the imperial examination system in Ming and Qing Dynasties to which the novel authors were very familiar then and they formed the Ba - Gu - Wen （ Eight - Legged - Essay） inertia thought gradually in their long - term learning process and used it when writing novels. The utilization not only displays in the content related to Ba Gu Wen （Eight - Legged Essay） mentioned frequently by the novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties, but in the in - depth creation of them as well, on which, to some degree, the prosperity of the novels also depend.