1921年前《小说月报》的编辑特色

A Study on the Editing of Fiction Monthly before Reforms in 1921

1921年前《小说月报》由王蕴章和恽铁樵主编,编辑特色主要在于:在栏目设置上强调小说的社会启蒙功用;主编对古文小说进行点评以便于学生学习古文,这也间接提高小说的文学地位;加强与读者之间的交流,在改革言情小说、古文点评小说、刊载短篇小说等有所体现;小说语言上1918年前多文言,其后提倡白话。

The purpose of Fiction Monthly is to publish fiction and translated novels. The editor-in-chief then was Wang Yun Zhang who took the responsibility of columns designing and his successor was Yun Tie Qiao who added comments and interpretations to facilitate the study of Classical Chinese works. At the same time, this promoted the publication of quality short stories. The editor-in-chief communicated with the readers and adapted their suggestions which represented in their reforms such as the publication of love stories, commented on ancient Chinese works and the publication of short stories. Fiction Monthly used to focus on Classical Chinese works which transferred to center on vernacular Chinese.