简论梁启超的小说功能观

在我国古代,小说是一种倍受压抑的文体。"小道观"自始至终制约着小说创作和小说理论的发展。到了近代,梁启超特别重视小说的功用价值,提出"小说为文学之最上乘",小说的观念才得到根本更新。然而"小说为文学之最上乘"这一著名命题,亦有偏颇之处,那就是对小说的地位的矫枉过正。因此文章认为这种思想是梁启超矫枉过正的根源。他利用舆论之威力,把小说置于文学的颠峰,自此小说作为一种独立的文体意义得到进一步确认。

Discussion the novel's function of liangqichao

In the ancientry,novel was slighting style."nonlegitimacy view" restricted the development of the novel and novel theory all the way.Uptill modern times,novel shaked off its shadow completely when Liangqichao thought much of novel's function value especially,brought forword "novel is the best style in literature".the notion that novel was despised was renovated ultimately.However,this famous proposition about "novel is the best style in literature" also had its defection.That was hypercorrection about novel's station.Thus the article was for the sake of its foundation stone.He made use of the public voice power,and put novel on the literature summit.Fron then on,novel as an independent style was acknowledged in advance.