通俗短篇小说的兴起、衰落与复兴

摘要 供案头阅读的通俗短篇小说创作始于冯梦龙的《三言》，在明末清初出现了繁盛。清康熙中期后，该流派创作趋于衰落，其后更是百余年的衰落，直到印刷业近代化改造完成与报刊这一新传播方式的逐渐普及，它才重新复兴，并成为近代小说的重要组成部分。在勾勒通俗短篇小说从兴起、衰落到重新复兴的全过程中，归纳分析其间特点与规律以及创作起伏的动因也十分必要。
Abstract：The first popular short novel for people to read at bedtime was FENG Meng-long's Sanyan. The production of short novels reached a high peak in the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, declined in the middle of Emperor Kangxi's reign. It was not revived until the modernization of printing and the popularization of newspaper as a new medium a century later. Then, short novels became an important part of modern novels. This paper outlines the whole process of the rising, declining and revival of popular short novels, and analyzes its characteristics, laws and causes.