重勘1985年新小说-《南京师大学报》（社会科学版）

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Keywords:: new novels in 1985; revolution in novel writing; Chinese literature in the era of reform and opening up

摘要:: 《新小说在1985年》是吴亮和程德培共同编选的小说年选,论文所论新小说不限于本年选。新小说新在哪里?新小说被谁定义、阐释和确认?在怎样的文学场域被定义、阐释和确认?新小说在1985年究竟有多大的影响力?论文重勘1985年新小说和它的文学现场。新小说不是发生在文学实验室的形式革命,而是由作家自觉的文学实践、批评家阐释、文学刊物发表、选本甄别、读者阅读和评奖推选等各种力量共同参与的形塑和建构。新小说不但为中国当代文学提供了新的小说样本,而且确认并标识了它所想象的作家和文学圈层。新小说“时间开始了”的文学史意义虽然只是“在历史的断裂处裸露出的一个共时的剖面”,是新时期小说革命发展到1985年自然的结果,但也是新时期小说革命向未来的敞开。

Abstract:: New Novels in 1985 is an annual novel anthology co-edited by Wu Liang and Cheng Depei. The discussion of the new novel in this paper is not limited to this anthology. What was new about the new novel? By whom was it defined, interpreted, and confirmed? In what literary field was it defined, interpreted, and confirmed? How influential was the new novel in 1985? Putting these questions into perspective, the paper is intended to reconstruct the new novel and the literary scene in 1985. The new novel was not just the result of a formal revolution in the literary laboratory, but a shaping and constructing process in which various forces worked together, involving the writers' conscious literary practice, the critics' interpretation, the publication of literary journals, the screening of the anthology of the selected works, the readers' reception, and the nomination and selection of literary awards. The new novel has not only provided a new sample of fiction for contemporary Chinese literature, but also confirmed and identified the writers and literary circles it imagines. Although the literary-historical significance of the new novel embodied in the statement “Time has begun” is only “a synchronic section exposed at the fracture of history” and is a natural result of the development of the revolution in novel writing in the new age up to 1985, it is also the opening of a new chapter to the future.