“岛上社”以外的1930年代香港新文学——以《新命》《晨光》为例

The 1930s New Literature in Hong Kong Apart from the Island Society,with the Examples of New Life and Morning Light

1930年代的香港地区新文学创作以“岛上社”为核心,但“岛上社”以外,也有热心于新文学的创作者,《新命》《晨光》同仁可以看作是他们中的代表。从创刊动机上看,两本刊物除了在贫瘠的土壤上奋力生长这一香港地区新文学创作者们的共同愿望以外,还表现出了比较强烈的启蒙主义色彩;从对内地新文学的理解上看,他们了解内地新文学的大致脉络,但对具体的作家、社团,理解则不无偏颇之处;从刊物内容上,他们更认同后期创造社的创作观念,不论是杂文还是小说,都倾向于关注具体的社会人生问题。总体来看,两本刊物都只存一期,创作水平并不高,但也可以见出在当时恶劣的环境中,一批写作者创作和发展新文学的努力和勇气。

The creation of new literature in Hong Kong in the 1930s is centred around the Island Society but apart from it there were also passionate creators of new literature,represented bythe colleagues of the two magazines,New Life and Morning Light.In view of their motivation,the two magazines were strongly tinged with the Enlightenment while they expressed the common wish of the creators of new literature in Hong Kong to strive for a living on the impoverished soil.If understood from the viewpoint of new literature on the mainland,they had a rough understanding of the veins of new literature on the mainland but they were prejudiced towards writers or literary societies in their understanding.In terms of magazine contents,they were more identified with the creative concepts of Creation Society in its later stage and,with regard to either essays or fiction,they were inclined towards paying attention to the concrete life issues.In general,in the only existent issue of either magazine,the level of literary creation isn't high.But the efforts made and courage shown can be seen in the creation of new literature by a number of writers in the then harsh conditions.