《左传》的小说因素

Novel Factors of Zuo Zhuan

任何一种文体的发生,都离不开本民族土壤的浸润。中国古典小说从一开始就具有“史”的特征,与从先秦发展而来的史传文学有着密切的渊源。作为先秦叙事散文的代表,《左传》不管是从其人物塑造、情节叙述还是创作技巧来看,都带有后世小说的因素。它不仅开辟了中国史传文学的传统,也在行文叙事的很多方面奠定了古典小说的雏形,对后世小说的创作产生了重要的影响。

The occurrence of any literature style can not be separated from the infiltration of the soil of the nation.Chinese classical novels have the characteristics of“history”from the beginning,and have a close relationship with the historical literature developed from the pre-Qin period.As the representative of the narrative prose of the pre-Qin,Zuo Zhuan,whether from its characterization,plot narration or creative skills,has the factors of later novels.It not only opened up the tradition of Chinese historical literature,but also created the embryonic form of classical novels in many aspects of narrative,which had an important influence on the creation of later novels.