论凌濛初《二刻》“莽亻刍”篇对西厢故事的继承与发展

Inheritance and Development of Mang Chu to The Romance of West Chamber

凌濛初的短篇白话小说《莽儿郎惊散新莺燕,亻刍梅香认合玉蟾蜍》(《二刻拍案惊奇》卷九)对西厢故事有所继承和发展。继承在于小说前半段的基本框架、情节发展与西厢故事大致相同,人物设置也以西厢故事中的人物为原型。同时,小说在女主人公形象、情节构思、主题思想这三个方面对西厢故事进行了发展,既融合了时代的社会文化背景,又掺杂了个人的艺术修养、思想观念,使小说焕发出异样的光彩,赋予其崭新的文本价值。

Mang Chu,which is a vernacular short novel written by LING Meng-ehu, has some inheritance and development to The Romance of West Chamber. The frame and plot of the front part of this story are roughly similar to The Romance of West Chamber, and the characters are set as its prototype. Meanwhile,the heroine,plot,and topic have a further development of the latter one,which not only mixes the social and cultural background but also artistic accomplishment and ideology. All these give the novel a new text value.