《新小说》与中国近代传媒的启蒙话语权

近代小说的兴起与发展,昭示着一种新的话语权的形成。梁启超创办《新小说》杂志,是他启蒙民众、变革图强的政治需要。《新小说》用浅易的文言甚至白话刊行的小说、戏曲、歌谣等,具有巨大的感染力和影响力,对小说传统观念的改变具有首倡之功,促成小说从＂小道＂变为＂大道＂,对晚清小说走向现代化起着关键作用;同时,《新小说》占领舆论制高点,在中国近代传媒阵地有效开展救亡和启蒙活动发挥了积极作用。

New Stories and the Discourse Power of Modern Chinese Communications

The rise and development of modern stories signals the formation of a new discourse power. Liang Qichao initiated the journal New Stories out of the demands of enlightening the masses and reforming the society. With its easily-understood classical Chinese and even vernacular Chinese, New Stories plays a critical role in develop the late Qing Dynasty stories into modern ones. More importantly, it occupies the dominant position of communications with its great influence among the masses and contributes a lot to the national salvation campaign and the cultural enlightenment.