论《水游传》在中国侠义小说发展史上的地位

在《水浒传》出现之前．中国侠义小说的发展大致经历了三个阶段：侠的出现和侠义观念的流行;侠义文学的出现;侠义文学的兴起与发展。元末明初,出现了中国第一部成功的长篇侠义小说《水浒传》。无论从思想上还是艺术上．《水浒传》都为中国侠义小说的发展奠定了坚实的基础。它在题材选择、主题提炼、情节结构、人物塑造、创作模式诸方面．对后世侠义小说的创作都产生了重要的影响。

On the Status of "Outlaws of the Marsh"in the Development of Chinese Chivalrous Fictions

The development of Chinese chivalrous fictions saw three stages be fore "Outlaws of the Marsh": 1)the appearance of Xia, the person adept in martial arts and given to chivalrous conduct, and the prevailing idea of Xia Yi, having a strong sense of justice and ready to help the weak; 2)the emergence of chivalrous literature, and 3) a rising tide of chivalrous literature. During the last years of Yuan dynasty and the first years of Ming dynasty, there appeared the first successful long chivalrous novel "Outlaws of the Marsh" in China. With its ideological and artistic contributions, "Outlaws of the Marsil" served as a solid foundation of further development of Chinese chivalrous fiction. It has also exerted great impact upon later chivalrous fiction as considering its subject matter, theme, plot construction, characterization and general mode of artistic creation.