早期话本情节编创模式管窥——以《清平山堂话本》为例

A Glimpse of the Plot Editing Mode of the Early Story-telling Script——Taking the “Qing Ping Shan Tang Huaben” for Example

《清平山堂话本》是现存刊印最早的话本小说选集,真实保存了宋元明三代话本的原始面貌,通过文本细读,可以窥见计谋、丢失、语谶等常成为早期话本情节编创时的选择,体现出情节模式类型化倾向的特点,一方面囿于早期艺人的编创能力,另一方面也传达了普通民众的文化心理。

Qing Ping Shan Tang Huaben is the earliest selection of story-telling script at present. It preserved the original appearance of the scripts from Song to Ming Dynasty. Through a close reading ,we found that the authors always created some tricks, loss, prophecies in the plots. It showed the tendency of typed plot model. On the one hand, it is limited creative ability of the early artists, on the other hand it also conveyed the cultural psychology of ordinary people.