历史意识:中国古代叙事艺术的参照系

Historical Sense: the Reference Framework of Classic Chinese Narrative Art

历史意识 (包括历史真实观念和史传叙事模式 )是理解中国古代叙事艺术发展何以滞后 (与诗歌等抒情艺术相比 )的重要参照系。历史意识对中国古典小说命运的影响是双重的 :它压抑了早期叙事———神话与史诗 ,制约了后期小说的虚构意识 ;

Historical sense (including real historical idea and historical narrative modes) is an important reference framework to understand the reason why classic Chinese narrative art failed to develop as expected (compared with poetry). Historical sense has dual influences on the fate of classic Chinese novels. It inhibited the early narrative forms —— mythology and epic, and restricted the fictional sense of the novels in later period. Even so, it provided the classic novels with basic narrative materials and modes.