现代“小说话”与《红楼梦》文学经典的建构

The Relationship Between Modern “Xiao Shuo Hua” and the Construction ofLiterary Canon of Dream of the Red Mansion

现代“小说话”不仅关注《红楼梦》的文化典范价值,而且将《红楼梦》当作重要的文学经典作品;不仅从小说类型归纳与小说史定位来强调《红楼梦》的文学经典性,而且基于现代文化语境发掘出《红楼梦》新的审美意义。这是现代“小说话”批评者对《红楼梦》阅读“体验”后,意图与文本进行怡然自得交流的体现。作为一种批评与阅读媒介,现代“小说话”不仅对传统小说的现代接受有着重要的推进作用,而且能够揭示彼时小说批评的新原则与新意义导向的文化必然性。

The modern“Xiao Shuo Hua”not only focuses on the cultural exemplary value of Dream of the Red Mansion,but also regards it as an important literary classic.It not only emphasizs the literary classics of Dream of the Red Mansion through the induction of novel types and the positioning of novel history,but also outlined the new aesthetic significance of Dream of the Red Mansion based on the modern cultural context.This is the manifestation of the intention of modern critics to engage in joyful communication with the text after experiencing the reading of Dream of the Red Mansion.As a medium of criticism and reading,modern“Xiao Shuo Hua”has played an important role in promoting the modern acceptance of traditional novels.The study of this phenomenon could reveal the new principles of novel criticism and cultural inevitability of the new meaning orientation at that time.