明清艳情小说的价值及研究中应注意的问题

Value of the Erotic Novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清艳情小说之价值还远未被研究者所充分认识,在已有研究中还存在一些问题应引起学界的注意与重视。艳情小说是明清社会现实生活的反映,具有重要的历史文化价值;艳情小说为文人所作,因而具有一定文学艺术价值,是明清小说不可分割的组成部分。在已有研究中受研究者价值观念及传统思维定势影响,对性描写的评价多有偏颇之处。学术研究要严谨、规范,使用词汇应客观、中性,不含贬义,避免阶级斗争观念与词汇的影响与滥用。如此才能使所得结论更加接近真理,经得起时间检验。

Erotic novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasty are gradually getting researchers＇ attention, but far from enough, they deserve being noticed and paid more attention to. These novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasty re- fleeting the social reality have very important historical and cultural value. Literati made these erotic novels, which have certain literary and artistic value, so they are an integral part of the Ming and Qing novels. In the prior studies, influenced by traditional values and mindset, researchers held a biased evaluation on the sex de- scription in the novel. In fact, the academic research should be rigorous, standardized; researchers should be objective, neutral and non-pejorative and influence from class struggle and abuse of concepts and vocabulary should be avoided.