“新民”与梁启超小说理论的功利主义

“The New People” and Liang Qichao's Utilitarianism in His Fictional Theory

梁启超的小说理论具有浓烈的功利主义成分,这是不争的事实。梁氏的小说理论的政治化和功利化,是其"新民"之文化启蒙的需要。梁氏赋予小说以强大的功能,以之作为救亡图存的工具,而非小说文体本有的属性。同时,梁氏小说理论之功利主义,也与其身处过渡时代、有意误读日本政治小说和实施特定的表述策略相关。

It is an indisputable fact that Liang Qichao's fiction theory is featured with strong utilitarianism elements.Politics and utilitarianism in Liang's fictions are employed to meet the needs of the cultural enlightment for the 'New People'.Great power in Liang's fictions is used as a survival tool for Chinese people instead of as an instinctive character of novels.Meanwhile,Utilitarianism in Liang's fictional theory is associated with his life experience in that transitional social age and with his deliberating misreading Japanese political novel and the implementation of specific expressive strategies.