夏志清《中国现代小说史》与中国现代文学史的编写

Xia Zhiqing's History of Modern Chinese Novel and the Historiography of Modern Chinese Literature

夏志清《中国现代小说史》开创了一种写史"范式",影响且改变了中国现代文学史的研究与编写。夏志清从文学性、人性和道德情感的角度评判中国现代小说发展的研究模式,与大陆以"革命斗争""思想启蒙""改造国民灵魂"等关注视角迥然不同。对言词、字句和文字本身细腻的关注是文学史编写文学性的体现,也是中国现代文学史编写的基本立足点。就此而言,夏著的典范意义对当前文学史编写如何走出困境有启示作用。

Xia Zhiqing＇s History of Modern Chinese Novel originates a ＂paradigm＂ in historiography, which influences and transforms the research and writing of history of modern Chinese literature. Different from the main focuses in China's Mainland, such as ＂revolutionary struggle＂, ＂enlightenment＂ and ＂rebuild of national soul＂, Xia Zhiqing evaluates the development of modern Chinese novels through their literariness,humanity and moral feelings. Paying close attention to words, sentences and texts is the direct embodiment of literariness in literary historiography, and also the fundamental foothold for the historiography of modern Chinese literature. For that matter, Xia＇s modal can he edifying for the puzzled literary historiography at the present time.