东亚汉文小说的衍变及本土特色

明清时期中国小说大规模传播到了周边的朝鲜、日本、越南,直接促进了东亚地区汉文小说创作的全面兴盛.中国小说在东亚的传播与东亚各国汉语学习的旺盛需求之间有着密切的关系,汉语学习尤其是汉语口语学习便成为明清通俗小说得以在东亚各国广泛流传的重要契机.对中国体制的模仿及文化崇拜,给中国小说在东亚的广泛传播带来了机会,也为东亚汉文小说的创作和发展创造了契机.正是在吸收和改编中国小说的过程中,朝鲜、日本及越南的汉文小说逐渐形成了各自的本土文化特色.

The Change of Novel Writing in East Asian Countries and Their Local Characteristics

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many Chinese novels were introduced into Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, and this resulted in the prosperity of novel writing in Chinese in these East Asian countries. The introduction of Chinese novels was closely related to the great demand of people in these countries for learning the Chinese language. As these East Asian countries were trying to imitate the China's system and China was then the object of their cultural worship, it was possible for Chinese novels to be widely read in these countries, which in turn facilitated the development of novel writing in Chinese in East Asia. It is in this process that novel writing in Korea, Japan and Vietnam gradually formed their local and cultural characteristics.