一场革命的“哗变”——新历史小说与革命历史小说的革命叙事比较

新历史小说与革命历史小说的根本区别,主要不在其题材之新,而在于它提供了新的历史叙述方法、新的历史观念和新的表现手法。革命历史小说中的革命叙事的经典模式,在新历史小说中被彻底颠覆,革命叙事呈现为对革命起源神话的终结、革命历史叙述的重组、革命英雄沉落等景象。这表现了开拓独特的历史生活和揭示崭新历史精神的趋势,但对革命历史的随意处理或编制也有取悦、迎合大众文化之弊,革命历史被演绎成纯粹的影像或幻想,其颠覆性破坏也给以后的小说提示着警惕。

Mutiny of Revolution——Comparison Between New Historical Novels and Revolutionary Historical Novels in Narration

The basic difference between the new historical novels and the revolutionary historical novels does not lie in the new materials,but in that the new historical novel has the new historical ideas and new narration methods.The classical mode of revolutionary narration in revolutionary historical novels is completely changed in the new historical novels,whose revolutionary narration takes on the mode of terminating the myth of revolutionary origin,the mode of recasting revolutionary historical narration and the mode of the degradation of revolutionary heroes. This also shows the trend to explore unique historical life and the brand-new historical spirit.But the random handling and designing has the defect of catering to vulgar and mass culture.In this way,the revolutionary history is made to become mere illusions.The crushing destruction made by new historical novels provides warnings for futures novels.