《现代》杂志与上海文化

30年代的上海以其政治、经济和文化优势确立了在中国的中心地位 ,各种充足的文化资源形成一股强大的合力 ,催生出一份当时最具现代特质的先锋文学刊物———《现代》 ,使得该刊从多元化、商业化、开放化的文化母体中汲取养分 ,滋润和影响了它的整个生命流程 ,形成了它独一无二的编辑风格及文化景观。它为现代文学的各种样式的繁荣发展提供了广阔的园地 ,以开放姿态打开了一个与世界文学连接的窗口 ,并在文化市场体制下开拓了一片属于自己的独立的园地。《现代》杂志为中国文学的现代化作出了巨大的贡献。

Modern Times and Shanghai Culture

In the 1930s, Shanghai established its central position in China through its economic and cultural advantages. Various cultural resources contributed to the birth of Modern Times. It formed its unique editorial style and became a cultural spectacle by taking in nutrients from the pluralistic, commercial and open matrix of culture. It offered a vast field where modern literature of various styles grew and prospered and opened a window to world literature. It also opened a land which belonged itself under the cultural market system. Modern times made tremendous contributions to the modernization of Chinese literature.