一个错位的"晚清"想象——评王德威"被压抑的现代性"说

王德威评价晚清小说的"被压抑的现代性"一说,近来备受学界关注,然而考察其"现代性"理论和观照文学的方式,发现其中存有一种理解上的文化错位,也就是说,王德威在理解中国文学的现代性时,不可避免地带有美国文化中的情感想象印记,事实上造成了对晚清文学和"五四"文学的双重误读.在这种情况下,较为有效的对话途径是,从文学语言这一角度,切入中国文学的现代性理解.这将有助于我们更好地理解和辨清晚清、"五四"与中国现代文学之间的历史关系.

A Displaced Image of "Late Qing Dynasty": On Wang De Wei's "Suppressed Modernity"

Wang De Wei's commentary on the "suppressed modernity" in the novels of the late Qing Dynasty has recently attracted the attention of relevant scholars.However,his theory of "modernity" and his approach to literature reveal a cultural displacement,that is,his understanding of the modernity of Chinese literature has unavoidably carried his impression and feelings of American culture,which has led to a dual misinterpretation of the literature of the late Qing Dynasty and the literature of the May 4th Movement.Thus, a proper dialogic channel is to analyze the modernity of Chinese literature through literary language,which will help us have a better understanding of the historical relation between the literature of the late Qing Dynasty,the literature of the May 4th Movement and modern Chinese literature.