晚清短篇小说主题的时代特色

Times Features of the Themes of the Short Stories in the Late Qing Dynasty

晚清时期列强压境,封建王朝摇摇欲坠。新旧思想、中外文化激烈交锋,社会改良及革命实践纷纷登场。风云变幻、波谲云诡的晚清社会酝酿、涌动着诸多改变。晚清短篇小说以其丰富的主题折射出时代的复杂面貌,集中表现为关注中国的生存危机、抨击官场的污浊黑暗、揭露晚清新政之弊及"维新志士"之伪,探寻百姓命运、剖析国民性格,反映了时代的诸多特质。

Western powers threaten the border and the feudal dynasty nearly collapses. The old thoughts and the new thoughts, and the Chinese culture and foreign culture conflict intensively. Social improvement and revolution movement come on stage successively. The vulnerable and turbulent society of the late Qing dynasty faces various changes. The short stories with their rich themes reflect complicated situation of the times, intensively focusing on the crisis of China＇s existence, criticizing the officials＇ corruption, exposing the disadvantages of new policies and the hypocrisy of the reform pioneers, seeking ordinary people＇s fate, analyzing civil characters and reflecting features of the times.