论网络小说中农村题材的缺席

自新文学诞生以来,作为乡土记忆和改革载体的农村一直是作家自觉表现的对象,农村题材的小说也长久地占据纸质文学的重要位置。然而在网络小说里,农村题材却意外地缺席了。这与网络小说发展的生态环境密切相关,无论是写作的主体、受众还是网络小说的传播机制都限制了农村题材的介入;网络小说的精神导向和传统农村题材书写惯性的差异也是写作者回避农村主题的重要原因。

Network Novels and Absence of Rural Subjects

Regarded as the local memory and reform carrier,rural subjects have always been the objects of writers’ self-conscious expression since New Culture emerged.Rural subjects of the novel also occupy the important position of paper literature.However,they are absent from the world of Internet.On one hand,this phenomenon is related to the growth environment of hypertext fiction.In the world of Internet,some factors,such as the network novels’ authors,the readers and the communication mechanism,limit the development of the rural subjects.On the other side,the deviation between rural subjects’ writing habit and hypertext fiction’s spirit guidance is anther significant factor to influence the network writers’ choice.