中国当代科幻文学在大众文化语境下的成功转型——以刘慈欣小说《三体》的流行为例
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摘要
刘慈欣的长篇科幻小说《三体》,不仅引起了国内对科幻文学的聚焦,更被译至国外并获得了国际性的科幻奖项。《三体》的成功,一方面得益于大众文化为科幻小说的流行创造了有利于加强曝光度和二次传播的媒体环境及粉丝环境;另一方面,刘慈欣在小说的创作过程中,有意识地作出了向大众审美靠拢的尝试,从语言和内容层面打破了读者对科幻类型文学晦涩难懂的思维定势。从文学传播与市场传播效果来说,《三体》实现了在大众文化语境下的成功转型。
Three-body Problem, the newest novel of Liu Cixin, has not only strengthened the domestic concern about science fiction, but also has been translated into several languages and won remarkable international awards. The success of Three-body Problem, on the one hand, is due to popular culture which has created helpful environment covering media and fans in favor of exposure and retransmission. On the other hand, it owes to the great experiment adapting to the public's appreciation of the beauty while Liu Cixin creating his compositions, thus breaking down the stereotype that science fiction is always too obscure to understand. In view of literature acceptance and market propagation, Three-body Problem has achieved a successful transition in popular cultural context.
Three-body Problem, the newest novel of Liu Cixin, has not only strengthened the domestic concern about science fiction, but also has been translated into several languages and won remarkable international awards. The success of Three-body Problem, on the one hand, is due to popular culture which has created helpful environment covering media and fans in favor of exposure and retransmission. On the other hand, it owes to the great experiment adapting to the public's appreciation of the beauty while Liu Cixin creating his compositions, thus breaking down the stereotype that science fiction is always too obscure to understand. In view of literature acceptance and market propagation, Three-body Problem has achieved a successful transition in popular cultural context.
引文
(1)百度指数:《三体》媒体指数趋势,网址:http://index.baidu.com/?tpl=trend&word=%C8%FD%CC%E5。媒体指数是以各大互联网媒体报道的新闻中,与关键词相关的、被百度新闻频道收录的数量,采用新闻标题包含关键词的统计标准。
(1)百度指数:《三体》搜索指数趋势,网址:http://index.baidu.com/?tpl=trend&word=%C8%FD%CC%E5。搜索指数是以网民在百度的搜索量为数据基础,以关键词为统计对象,科学分析并计算出各个关键词在百度网页搜索中搜索频次的加权和。
(2)丹尼尔·贝尔:《资本主义文化矛盾》,上海:生活·读书·新知三联书店1989年版,第59页。
(1)刘慈欣:《重返伊甸园——科幻创作十年回顾》,《南方文坛》2010年第11期。
(2)高翔:《从刘慈欣作品看中国科幻小说的语体特点》,《陕西师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》2008年第2期。
(3)吴岩,方晓庆:《刘慈欣与新古典主义科幻小说》,《湖南科技学院学报》2006年第2期。
(4)(5)刘慈欣:《地球往事三部曲—黑暗森林》,重庆:重庆出版社2008年版,第5、446~447页。
(1)百度指数:《三体》搜索指数趋势,网址:http://index.baidu.com/?tpl=trend&word=%C8%FD%CC%E5。搜索指数是以网民在百度的搜索量为数据基础,以关键词为统计对象,科学分析并计算出各个关键词在百度网页搜索中搜索频次的加权和。
(2)丹尼尔·贝尔:《资本主义文化矛盾》,上海:生活·读书·新知三联书店1989年版,第59页。
(1)刘慈欣:《重返伊甸园——科幻创作十年回顾》,《南方文坛》2010年第11期。
(2)高翔:《从刘慈欣作品看中国科幻小说的语体特点》,《陕西师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》2008年第2期。
(3)吴岩,方晓庆:《刘慈欣与新古典主义科幻小说》,《湖南科技学院学报》2006年第2期。
(4)(5)刘慈欣:《地球往事三部曲—黑暗森林》,重庆:重庆出版社2008年版,第5、446~447页。