俗曲“新闻”及其书面形式——以傅图所藏俗文学资料为中心

傅图所藏清代乾隆至民国初期的俗曲唱本资料显示，俗曲中“新闻”一词的“新”重在强调新奇而不是新近发生。作为一种俗曲文类，“新闻”以其叙事性和取材于民众生活的现实性而区别于其他俗曲。俗曲“新闻”除表现为口传作品之外，还表现为书面形式的文本（唱本）。俗曲唱本因为其音乐性而特别适合需要把文本还原为有声语言才能理解的基层民众。以俗曲唱本为代表的民间书面传播方式的广泛流行，同时伴随着庶民阅读的兴起，这意味着民间传播环境的重要变化，而这种业已改变的传播环境可能就成了近代报刊发挥作用的有利条件。

The News in the Folk Song and the Writtenform with Reference to the Literature Materialscollected by Fusinian Library

The folk music librettos from Emperor Qianlongof Qing dynasty to the early Republic of China collected by Fusinian Library indicate, the "news" in the folk songs emphasized novelty instead of newly-happened issues. As a kind of folk songs, "news" differed from other folk songs in terms of its narrative text and the base of the reality of people’s life. Moreover, as a text of folk song, the News could be manifested as the oral works as well as the physical form of the text, i.e., libretto. Because of its musical nature, the folk songs were very popular among the grass roots for an audible text was easier to be understood than the written language. As the rise of popular reading, the folk written communication represented by folk libretto was widespread. It indicates that the communication environment of traditional Chinese civil society had changed greatly. This changed communication environment was favorable for the development of modern press.