扬州—上海:晚清小说中都市繁华梦的变迁

Yangzhou-Shanghai:the Vicissitude of Urban Prosperity in the Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty

扬州和上海都是晚清的重要城市,本文以晚清小说作为文本材料,从城市人物故事、城市生活内容、城市格调三个方面,细致论析从扬州到上海的都市繁华之变迁,即脱离传统性,趋向现代性的过程,并对变迁的文化意义加以探究。

Yangzhou and Shanghai are both important cities in the Qing Dynasty. The paper, with the novels of the late Qing Dynasty as text data, discusses in detail the vicissitude of urban prosperity from Yangzhou to Shanghai, namely the process from tradition to modernity, from the perspectives of anecdotes in the city, the urban life, and the style of city. The author also probes into the cultural significance of the vicissitude.