穆时英《空闲少佐》出版时间及其意义

The Analysis of Publication Time and Significance of MU Shiying's Novel The HIMA Major

1932年的小说《空闲少佐》以现实事件为蓝本,是穆时英"忠实"的创作理念的呈现,反映了作家在特定的战时语境下,积极介入现实社会、反思文学和人生的关系的尝试;同时区别于20世纪30年代上海文坛的大部分战争小说,《空闲少佐》不局囿于民族情绪,关注人类共同命运,是作家进行艺术创作手法和风格转变的试验之作。上海"一·二八"战争的日本军官被俘事件的历史考证及文学文本分析能加深我们对穆时英文学创作的认识。

MU Shiying’s novel The HIMA Major in 1932 is based on a real event. It is the presentation of the writer’s “faithful” writing idea. Being actively involved in the real society under the specific wartime, he attempts to reflect the relationships between literature and life. Meanwhile, this novel is different from most of the war novels in the Shanghai literary world of 1930s. It is not confined to national sentiments, instead, it pays attention to the common destiny of mankind and shows the transformation of the writer’s artistic creation and writing style. With historical textual research about the capture of Japanese major in the “January 28th” war in Shanghai, the literary analysis of its text will deepen readers’ understanding of MU Shiying’s writing.