刘云若社会言情小说中的社会性——以《粉墨筝琶》为中心

The Sociality in Liu Yunruo's Social-sentimental Novels:Taking Fen Mo Zheng Pa as an Example

刘云若是民国时期天津的通俗小说大家,他在20世纪30年代中期以降至40年代末,创作了一系列以沽上风情为题材的社会言情小说,最终成为与张恨水齐名的民国北派社会言情小说的代表人物。但在以往的中国现代文学史研究中,人们往往将张恨水归入言情小说的社会派,而将刘云若归入言情小说的艺术派。实际上刘云若的《粉墨筝琶》等小说在具有出众的艺术价值的同时,还广泛地摹写了天津沦陷后的市井民情;他的写法看似通俗,但也蕴含了"抗日反汉奸"的时代主题,是这一命题在当时不同于延安文学书写的另一种尝试。此外,《粉墨筝琶》还有作者对天津地区风物的准确把握。细读小说,甚至还会发现一个存在主义母题。因此,刘云若的小说不仅有艺术价值,更有其深刻的社会认识价值。

Liu Yunruo, the master of pop-fiction in Tianjin in the hisfory of Chinese modern literature, composed a serie of works in the 1930 s and 1940 s, which involved folk life and city experience about the modern Tianjin city. These works are totally deemed as the classics of Chinese Northern Pop Fiction. Liu Yunruo is also respected as the master of the twin peaks in urban novels, in company with Zhang Henshui. But the former research on Chinese pop fiction always emphasized the social and recognized value in Zhang＇s novels, while stressed the aesthetic aspect of Liu＇s works. But actually Liu＇s works, such as Fen Mo Zheng Pa, also have their social benefits, complicated with the art aspect. It is tied to the ideology of 1940s＇ Chinese politics, which focused on the Anti-Japanese War, and has its endeavor to try a different way in telling the ideology, comparing with Yan＇an Literature. By intensive study, an existential motif can also be found in the novel Fen Mo Zheng Pa, which demonstrates the author＇s accurate understanding of the Tianjin folk culture.