“新文学”与“旧传统”——以现代小说与“章回体小说”的互动关系为线索

“New Literature” and “Old Tradition”:The Interaction between Modern and Traditional Zhanghui Novels

'章回体小说'作为古典小说的集大成者,是中国古典小说叙事传统的主要构成之一。新文学在不同历史阶段对章回体小说认知的差异和演变,既影响了新文学与'旧传统'的关系,也深刻地影响了现代小说的观念与创作实践。中国现代小说虽受西方影响甚深,但在中国文学自身的发展脉络中,也与包括章回体小说在内的'旧传统'关联紧密。这一现象反映了新文学与文学传统、历史语境以及社会现实的复杂关系,也呈现出新文学发生、发展和转型的历史轨迹。

The Zhanghui novel epitomizes classical Chinese fiction and is one of the main constituents of its narrative tradition.The different and varying understandings of zhanghui novels by new literature in different historical periods influenced not only the relationship between new literature and'old tradition,'but also,significantly,the concept of modern fiction and its creative practice.Despite Western literature’s impact on modern Chinese fiction,it still developed in close relation to old traditions,including the zhanghui novel.This phenomenon displays new literature’s complicated relationships with literary tradition,historical context and social reality,as well as its historical trajectory of genesis,development and transformation.