论中国新文学的负性背景及其影响

The Negative Background of Chinese New Literature and Its Influence

本文提出“负性背景”这一概念 ,并用它从一个新的角度解剖中国新文学的产生与发展。文章认为 ,构成中国新文学产生的文化和文学背景颇为复杂 ,不仅有许多促进其产生和发展的正面因素 ,更有一些负性成分。这些负性成分对中国新文学发展并不只是一种阻碍 ,它还从反面激生和推动新文学的发展。那个时代思想文化界沉闷僵化的负性背景激起“五四”先贤文学革命之热情 ,文言创作的萎缩和白话创作的幼稚鼓励和催生大量新文学作品。而传统文学呈衰微之势 ,专制力量临阵退隐等现象造成了某些负性背景的缺场 ,这反倒影响了中国新文学向深度掘进。

The concept of a “negative background” is introduced and used to analyze the emergence and development of Chinese new literature. In the author's opinion, Chinese new literature had a rather complex cultural and literary background, and negative as well as positive elements played a role in its inception and development. These negative elements, while being a hindrance, also expedited the birth and promoted the development of new literature. The oppressive, rigid atmosphere in ideological and cultural circles aroused the zeal of the pioneers of the May Fourth Movement for literary revolution, and a reduction in the number of works in classic Chinese and infantile writings in the vernacular language helped to bring forth great quantities of new literary works.