《歧路灯》传播与接受之难溯源

明清时期是我国古典长篇小说发展的高峰阶段,长期以来,论及清代长篇小说,常常以《红楼梦》、《儒林外史》为代表.《歧路灯》作为这一时期作品,名不见经传,虽为一部六十余万言的长篇小说,生成于《红楼梦》之前和《儒林外史》之后,但是,时至20世纪80年代初,《歧路灯》才得以大规模出版.此作品于两个世纪间被"悬置",抄本之多几于其他任何作品之上,流播空间狭小,始终走不出中原大地,竟几成为一大憾事.从传播与接受角度解析《歧路灯》,有助于其研究工作的全面深入.

Study on the Issue of the Novel of A Lantern at the Crossroads

The novel of Qilu Lantern was created earlier than that of the novel of The Dreams of the Red Chamber and later than that of the novel of The Scholars in Qing Dynasty.But it was not issued offically until 1980s.Why? This paper will give some special opinions.