20世纪中国长篇小说之回顾

A Review of Chinese Literature of the 20th Century

长篇小说是社会生活的一面镜子 ,一个时代纪念碑式的记录。 2 0世纪中国优秀的长篇小说记录了上个世纪 10 0年间中国人民的现实生活与斗争 ,是留给后人的一笔重要的精神财富。作为一种文学体式 ,长篇小说的发展也经历了曲折、嬗变、积累与突破 ,从幼稚到成熟 ,从单薄到丰厚。尤其是 2 0世纪的后 2 0年 ,长篇创作从技巧上汲取了许多异域的营养 ,从内容上深刻反映了中国改革开放以后的变化 ,从前后 5届茅盾文学奖的获奖作品中可以看到长篇创作的发展轨迹。

Novels are a mirror of social life and a memorial record of the age. The excellent Chinese novels in the 20th century recorded the real life and struggle of Chinese people and constituted an important cultural treasure left for our later generations. As a genre oof the literature, the development of novels has also experienced difficulties and changes, accumulations and breakthroughs. They developed from na?ve to mature, from feeble to rich. Especially in the last two decades of the 20th century, the creative skills were cultivated a lot by foreign works and deeply reflected the changes in China since the reform and open policy. The track of development of novels can be seen from the awarded works in the five previous Literature Award of Maodun.