清末民初小说话中“小说教育功能”普及的可行性探讨

Feasibility Investigation for Popularization of“Novel Educational Function”in Small Talk in Late Qing Dynasty and Early Republic of China

中国古代小说教育观是自上而下代表统治阶级意愿的有序政治教化;而晚清民初小说教育观是自下而上的觉民新民教化,强调的是通过对普通民众的启蒙思想教育,而达到新民与救国的目的。这一教育观激发了小说话作者们对小说教育功能普及性的积极探寻,并提出了小说进课堂、通俗化、提高妇女文化水平以及创作读者感兴趣的作品等一系列可行性路径。

The view of ancient Chinese novel education is an orderly political enlightenment that represents the will of the ruling class from top to bottom,while the view of novel education in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China is a bottom-up enlightenment of the awakening people,which emphasizes the goal of educating people and saving the country through the enlightenment of ideological education to the ordinary people.This emphasis inspired the writers of the small talk to actively explore the popularization of novel educational function and put forward a series of feasible paths,such as studying novels in class,popularizing the novel,improving women's educational level and creating works that can interest readers.