浅析茅盾《少年印刷工》中的人文社情

An Analysis of the Social Conditions in The Young Printer by Mao Dun

茅盾是中国儿童文学的开拓者,他的儿童文学创作虽然数量不多,却在当时荒芜的中国儿童文学园地,开垦出了一片新天地,值得今天的文学研究者借鉴、深思和研究。《少年印刷工》是茅盾唯一一部关于“印刷”主题的文学作品,着眼于主人公做印刷学徒的无奈,立足于人文关怀,洞悉人格和人情,解读民生百态。以凝重沉稳的笔调,描绘了少年赵元生初入社会的心态;以客观冷静的眼光,审视了在困苦生活背景下人生的悲苦、人情的凉薄。茅盾在小说中还以主人公的视角展现了对社会阶层流动性的迷恋、疑惑。

Mao Dun is a pioneer of Chinese children’s literature.Although his children’s literature creation is not many,he has opened up a new world in the deserted Chinese children’s literature field at that time.It is worthy of reference,reflection and research by today's literary researchers.The Young Printer is Mao Dun’s only literary work on the theme of"printing".It focuses on the helplessness of the protagonist as a printing apprentice,based on humanistic care,has an insight into personality and human sentiment,and interprets people’s lives.With a solemn and steady tone,it depicts the mentality of the young Zhao Yuansheng when he first entered the society.With an objective and calm perspective,he examined the sorrow of life and the coldness of human feelings in the context of hard life.In this novel,Mao Dun also showed his fascination and doubts about social class mobility from the perspective of the protagonist.