小说叙事艺术的继承与革新——以《老残游记》为例

Inheritance and Innovation of Narrative Art in Novels:A Case Study of Lao Can’s Travel Notes(老残游记)

小说叙事学理论的引入与发展,使得小说叙事艺术的研究热度不减,这一点在清末民初小说叙事研究中体现得尤为显著。清末民初正是中国小说的叙事由传统模式向现代叙事模式转变的过渡时期,这一时期产生的"新小说"大都在叙事艺术方面进行了一定的继承与革新。其中,《老残游记》体现较为明显,从对"史传""诗骚"叙事传统的继承,到对叙事视角的转变,并与西方"报章体"相融合,在中国小说叙事模式的转变中具有代表意义,并进一步推进了小说叙事艺术的继承与革新。

The late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China were the transitional period of the novel narrative mode from the traditional one to the modern one.Most "new novels" created during the period innovated in the narrative art to some extent.While inheriting the traditional narrative mode,Lao Can's Travel Notes (老残游记) transforms the narrative perspective and integrates with the western newspaper style.The transformation of the narrative mode of Lao Can's Travel Notes(老残游记) has a representative meaning and further promotes the inheritance and innovation of the narrative art of novels.