包天笑“问题小说”的另一种图景——兼与“五四问题小说”比较

Another Prospect of Bao Tian-xiao’s“Problem Novels”--A Comparison with the“May 4th Problem Novels”

“五四”时期,包天笑在《星期》周刊上发表了不少“问题小说”。与“五四”青年作家相比,包天笑的报人编辑身份和丰富的生活经验使他的“问题小说”涉及的范围和对象更加广泛。他关注到了恋爱之外的婚姻问题,在对底层市民的描写上,他的创作更接近底层贫民的真实生活,提出的社会问题也更具有现实意义。包天笑的“问题小说”在艺术上也有所变革创新,展现了“问题小说”的另一种图景,使“五四”时期的“问题小说”更加完整和充实。

During the May 4th Movement period,Bao Tian-xiao published a lot of problem novels on the Week.Compared with the young writers of the May 4th Movement,Bao Tian-xiao's newspaper editor's identity and rich life experience make his"problem novels"cover a wider range of subjects.He pays attention to the marriage problem outside of love,and his works are more close to the real life of the lower class,and his social problems are more realistic.Bao Tian-xiao's"problem novels"also has the innovation in the art,showing another kind of picture of"problem novels"and making the"problem novels"in the period of May 4th movement more complete and substantial.