新中国成立前中国的美国小说研究

The Studies of American Novels in China Before the Founding of the People's Republic of China

新中国成立之前,中国的美国小说研究非常活跃,但不同阶段却具有不同特征。20世纪20年代之前,中国的美国小说研究刚刚兴起,仅有为数不多的评介,没有真正意义上的研究;20世纪20-30年代,中国的美国小说研究相当繁荣,既有大量简单评介,又有很多深入研究;20世纪40年代,中国的美国小说研究略有衰退,但其研究意识明显增强,深入研究多于简单评介,而且译介国外研究成果不少。整体上讲,新中国成立之前,中国的美国小说研究以"写实主义"和概论性批评为主,总论性研究居多,具体文本分析较少;主题研究较多,审美研究较少;主观性评价较多,共识性结论较少。

Before the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949,Chinese studies of American novels had demonstrated a very prosperous vision,but in different periods they had different characteristics. Before 1920,studies of American novels in China had just begun and there had been no real research but a few introductory reviews; in the 1920 s and1930s,studies of American novels in China prosperously developed and there were not only a large number of simple reviews but also a good number of in-depth researches; in the 1940 s,studies of American novels in China seemed to have declined a little,but their researching consciousness increased and there were not only more in-depth researches than simple reviews but also many translations of foreign studies. Taken as a whole,studies of American novels in China before 1949 had mainly followed a ＂realist＂and general critical approach and there had been more general examinations than particular explorations of individual novels,more thematic analyses than aesthetic evaluations,and more personal comments than communal consensuses.