论罗烨《醉翁谈录》对宋代通俗小说观念的理论建构

摘要

罗烨《醉翁谈录》不仅仅是一部记录宋代说话伎艺的小说话本合集，其更重要的文学史意义在于以《舌耕叙引》为代表，学习子部的传统小说观念，结合传统小说观念在宋代的理论创新，针对通俗艺术表现形式说话的主要特征，模仿《汉书·艺文志》小说家的理论阐述范式，构建起通俗小说的理论体系。其中，《小说引子》主要构建通俗小说的核心特征与社会功用，《小说开辟》主要构建通俗小说的表现技巧与艺术审美。通俗小说理论体系的形成，不仅影响了近古以来通俗小说的创作，也为传统小说观念的发展提供了新的方向。%Rather than a mere collection of story-tellers’scripts recording story-telling skills in the Song Dynasty ,Luo Ye’s Zuiweng tanlu醉翁谈录is characterized by its construction of a theoretical system of popular novels in the Song Dynasty,thus gaining due significance in the history of Chinese literature. The theoretical pursuit of the book,as exemplified by Chapter Shegeng xuyin舌耕叙引,is mainly man-ifested in its combination of the traditional novel concept and the theoretical innovations made in the Song Dynasty. In addition,it follows a pattern of theoretical elaboration of Hanshu:Yiwen zhi汉书·艺文志. Among the different chapters each with a special focus,the article Xiaoshuo yinzi小说引子is in-tended to specify core features and social functions of popular novels,and the article Xiaoshuo kaipi小说开辟to elaborate the stylistic skills and the aesthetic effect of novels. The formation of the theoretical system of popular novels has not only influenced the creation of popular novels since the late Song Dy-nasty,but also pointed out a new direction for the development of Chinese traditional novels.