谈谈中国古典小说的四大名著 中英.docVIP

谈谈中国古典小说的四大名著 On The Four Great Books of Classic Chinese Novels 华中师大文学院 谭邦和 Central China Normal University School of Literature Prof. Tan BangHe 在中国文学史上，与诗歌、散文相比，戏剧、小说是相对晚熟的文学样式，就小说而言，虽然唐代已经有了成熟的文言小说，但作为小说文体代表成就的白话长篇小说，其黄金时代一直等到将近16世纪的明代中叶才姗姗来迟。好在这没有影响小说在中国文学史上的地位，与世界各国文学史中小说都占据重要位置一样，中国古代的小说也取得了辉煌的成就。 Compared with poetry and prose, the literary style of drama and novel is quite a late-bloomer in the history of Chinese literature. Though there had already been some highly-developed classical Chinese novels in Tang dynasty, the golden age of vernacular Chinese novels, which has been considered as the representative achievement of Chinese novels, hasnt arrived until 16th century (approximately midway through Ming Dynasty). But fortunately this hasnt affected the status which they hold in the history of Chinese literature. As with the rest of the world, the novels have also played an important role in the history of Chinese literature and made some brilliant achievements along the way. 谈到中国的古典小说，我们通常举出四大名著来做当然的代表。它们分别是： When speaking of the classic Chinese novels, we usually take the example of the Four Great Books. Which are: 1、《三国演义》 1. Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2、《水浒传》 2. Water Margin 3、《西游记》 3. Journey to the West 4、《红楼梦》 4. Dream of the Red Chamber 这四部小说不但靠人们的案头阅读，也借助说书场、戏曲舞台以及后来的电影电视，广泛传播，达到了家喻户晓的程度，对中国人的精神生活产生了巨大的影响。 These four books have gained widespread influences not only as desktop reading materials, but also by means of storytelling, plays, traditional operas, films and televisions, and become household names which made great impact on the spiritual life of Chinese people. 让我在一个小时之内来介绍这四部长篇小说的思想内容与艺术成就，几乎注定是一个不能完成的任务，就像要求一位法国学者一个小时讲完雨果、巴尔扎克、司汤达、梅里美绝无可能一样。但活动的主持人对我提出了这样的要求，我不得不勉为其难地来做这件肯定做不好的事情。 To let me introduce the contents and artistic achievements of all these four novels within an hour is almost a mission impossible. It is like asking a French scholar to cover all the great French authors such as Hugo, Balzac, Stendhal and Merimee in just o