"民初文学"论

民初 (1912 - 1917)文学虽然相对于晚清文学革新运动来说 ,显示出某种历史的“倒退” ,但就文学自身的现代化来说又不能不说是某种历史的进步。这不仅体现为它对情感的重视 ,传达出某种黎明前夕的青春气息 ;也表现为现代文学形式建构的进步 ,并开启了现代通俗小说的先河 ;同时一种适应现代社会生活的戏剧———话剧也开始在中国大地成长起来。

On Literature in the Early Period of the Republic of China

Compared with the literary reform in the late Qing Dynasty, the literature in the early period(1912-1917) of China demonstrated a sort of historic retrogression. However, as far as the modernization of literature itself is concerned, it was actually a sort of historic progress. This is not only embodied in its emphasis on emotions, which conveys some vigor before dawn, but also finds its expression in the great progress of the construction of modern literary form, which initiates modern popular novels. Meanwhile, stag plays, which suit modern social life, appeared in China.