论明清时期的小说插图意识及其功能

Study on the Changes in Perception of Chinese Fiction Illustration in Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清时期插图本小说的凡例或识语直接反映了当时人们的插图意识和小说插图的功能。这些资料证明:明清时期的小说插图意识是从导读功能与审美功能这两个方面呈现的。随着版刻技术的发展与审美意识的深化,凡例与识语中经常出现强调插图之玩赏价值的"耳目之奇玩"或"案头珍赏"一类词汇,可知插图的欣赏功能已超过导读功能,换言之,插图本小说已成为明清读者的玩赏对象。

The publish guides or introductions of illustrated fiction in Ming and Qing dynasties, directly reflect the then current perception of fiction illustration. The perception of fiction illustration in Ming and Qing dynasties may be regarded under two aspects, reading guideline or aesthetic appreciation. As the technical advancement in printing and the improvement of aesthetic consciousness, the aesthetic function of fiction illustrations increasingly had been emphasized, the illustrated fiction became enjoying object for public readers in Ming and Qing publication market.