由叙事的观点看中国小说的演变

Evolution of Chinese Novel from the Perspective of Narrative

中国小说史中包含的叙事作品带有极其多样的形态,这在中国小说史的记述中成为关键问题,亦即选择可包括于所谓小说体裁中的叙事作品,并且更为明确地提示它们之间的关联性,开创出一个普遍的理论。易言之,也可以说是对于"中国小说"体裁的概念性规定。但是因为对于中国小说范畴的讨论,目前仍停留于模糊的状态,欲探索中国小说的演变过程,也许必须选择较为不同的途径。那就是注意到每个时代创作、享有叙事作品的创作主体诸问题以及可能产生该叙事样式的客观社会现实。通过如此的探讨,可深化中国小说史研究中被频繁讨论的小说本身的本质和性格的议论,并期待能提供解释目前为止被模糊定义、或其范畴被偏狭设定的中国小说史的各种问题的线索。

The narrative included in the history of Chinese novel has various kinds of form. The thing is to select narratives can be included in so-called novel, clarify there relationship of them and create universal narrative theory. In other words, this can be said the definition of＂novel＂ in China： the starting point of arguments concerning the evolution of Chinese novel depends on defining categories of Chinese novel. But it still remained ambiguous to define the category of Chinese novel. So we should take another way to seek evolution. That is to focus on subject of creation who wrote and enjoyed at different times and social reality that produced that kind of narrative types. So through such study, we can deepen our understanding of the essence and the qualities of the novel itself that has been discussed frequently in the process of investigating of the history of Chinese novel, and expect to give a clue to the history of Chinese novel that still remain ambiguous definition and a limited category.