中国文学动物叙事的历史传承与类型衍生

Historical Heritage and Typological Derivative of Animal Narration in Chinese Literature

对中国文学中的"动物叙事"创作进行类型学意义上的考查,应该包括纵向与横向两个维度,按照历时的线性发展,对动物叙事的资源谱系与类型衍生加以系统梳理与有效论证。动物叙事这一特殊的叙事类型,其漫长的历史传承与自身类型繁衍、演进的不断完善进阶的过程,可以通过几个标志性的历史时段来进行考察,分别为先秦两汉时期、晋唐宋时期、元明清时期以及中国现当代文学时段,它们共同见证了中国动物叙事由最初的初创雏形期到渐趋繁荣发展、趋于平缓稳定并最终向完备的叙事学意义上的现代小说样式有效过渡的发展历程。而包括《山海经》《庄子》《搜神记》《太平广记》《西游记》《聊斋志异》《狼图腾》等诸多中国动物叙事历史上的代表性著作或合集皆纳入到论题的论述范畴之中,这也将有利于从历史与发展的维度对当代动物叙事创作的来龙去脉做出清晰而醒目的认证,进而把握与探询中国"动物叙事"的流传与演变的内在肌理。

Core dimension of typology levels investigation of animal narrative in Chinese literature firstly should inelude two dimensions, vertical and horizontal, i.e. a systematic review and effective demonstration to the resource pedigree and type derivative of animal narration, according to the linear diaehronic development . This particular narrative type con- stantly improves the advanced process in the long historical heritage, types of reproduction and evolution. It can be studied through a few signs of the historical period including the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and the People＇s Republic . They have witnessed the Chinese Animal Narration developed from the initial start-up rudiment period to gradual prosperity, stability and eventually leveled off to the complete narrative signifi- cance the modern style of novel and the development process of effective transition. The representative books of a lot of Chi- nese animal narrative history （and collection） , including ＂The Classic of Mountains and Rivers＂, ＂Stories of Immortals＂, ＂Extensive Records Compiled in the Taiping Years＂, ＂Journey to the West＂, ＂Strange Tales of Liaozhai＂, ＂Wolf Totem＂ etc, are discussed systematically. It will be helpful for us to make clear contemporary animal narrative sequence of events from the dimensions of history and development, to grasp and explore Chinese animal narration＇s internal texture of spread and evolution.