论黄人小说批评之比较法及其意义

On the Comparative Method and Significance of Huang Ren's Novel Criticism

晚清小说理论批评史上,才华气质合璧、学术文章擅臻的"通人"黄人,在探索小说理论时亦体现出鲜明的方法论思想。在进化论思想影响下,黄人小说批评善于运用比较法,具体体现在古今比较、中西比较、作品比较、人物比较等多个方面。这种比较文学研究的自觉性正是源于黄人"入于自识"的敏锐洞见,充分体现了黄人"先进中国人"观照自我的有效姿态。黄人的小说批评理论对于晚清小说发展走向无疑具有风向标意义,其贡献和价值无法估量。

In the history of the theory criticism on novels in the late Qing dynasty,Huang Ren,who was super-talented and achieved rich academic results,showed his distinctive methodology in exploration of novel theory.Influenced by the Theory of Evolution,he was good at taking the comparative method into his novel criticism,which can be concretely displayed in the aspects like comparisons between the ancient and the modern,between Chinese and the western world,between works,between characters and so on.The self consciousness of comparative literature research stemmed from his keen insight into ＂self knowledge＂,which fully embodies the effective posture of his＂advanced Chinese＂to observe themselves.His novel criticism played a leading role in guiding the development of novels in the late Qing period.The significance and value of his novel criticism is beyond measure.