理解小说的方式--关于陶长坤《小说创作新论》

Ways to Comprehend Novels——On Tao Changkun’s Novel Writing New Theory

陶长坤在《小说创作新论》里,延续了鲁迅的学术传统,对于古今中外小说进行了多样化的阐述。作者的观点建立在文本细读的基础上,尤为关注那些对于陌生性挑战的文本,对于作家主题意识可能性作了深入分析。全书特别强调中国经验的意义,在分析曹雪芹、鲁迅、莫言的过程中,显示了较深的理解力。这种进入小说的方式,给读者诸多的启发。

Tao Changkun continued Lu Xu’s academic tradition in his Novel Writing New Theory,and made a diversified exposition of novels at home and abroad.The author’s view is based on the close reading of the texts,paying special attention to those texts that challenge the strangeness,and making an in-depth analysis of the possibility of the writer’s subject consciousness.The book emphasizes the significance of Chinese experience and shows a deep understanding in the analysis of Cao Xueqin,Lu Xun and Mo Yan.This way of comprehending the novel gives readers a lot of inspiration.