城市书写:作为一种视角——《老残游记》中的城市记忆

The Urban Writing in The Travels of Lao-can

《老残游记》是晚清谴责小说的典范之作,书中对晚清山东的城市书写,特别是对济南的书写是值得关注的一个研究视角。学界对刘鹗及《老残游记》的研究,成果可谓丰富,但这方面的研究相对少见。在小说中,通过老残的耳目见闻,在他穿梭游走于山东的城市之间时,作者对城市风景、城市文化以及近代文明的书写,都为读者展现了当年城市生活中的丰富意象,为我们了解晚清的城市及城市文化打开了一个窗口。

The Travels of Lao-can is the model for condemnation novels in the late Qing Dynasty. Its writing about the cities in Shandong Province, especially Jinan city, in the late Qing Dynasty, is an important research perspective. However, researches from this perspective are relatively rare, though researches on Liu-e and The Travels f Lao-can in the academic circles are rich. In the novel, the author describes the city scenery, the urban culture and modern civilization through Lao-can＇s eyes and ears when he walked through cities in Shandong. It unfolds the rich imagery of city life of that time before the reader＇s eyes and opens a window for us to un-derstand the cities and urban culture in the late Qing Dynasty.