时代下的青春文学 ：探讨《小时代》的读者与阅读 = Young adult literature in new era : a study on readers and the reading of tiny time

郭敬明的《小时代》备受年轻读者的追捧，出版仅三天便荣登2008年青春小说销售榜首。文化界对它的评价趋于负面，《人民日报》直批它误导读者，缺乏文学精神。不仅是《小时代》本身，它的读者更是被评为“脑残”。情绪化的尖锐批评如“脑残”，并未能简单概括郭敬明小说深受某一读者阶层喜爱的理由，漠视这个新兴社会及阅读现象，更无助我们了解年轻一代的阅读口味，应付骤变社会出现新世代的创作批评及相应分析。 本文旨在运用西方的接受理论中读者的作用，以及期待视野中读者对阅读的期待，结合时代背景，探讨读者和阅读的相互关系，以及时代在其中扮演的角色，希望梳理出当代中国社会在阅读需求和阅读选择的影响下而大量出现的青春文学议题。 本文将从读者的视角去探讨青春文学，希望能对文学评论带来新的视野与启示。Guo Jingming's Tiny Times was one of the best-selling young adult fictions in China. Despite its huge popularity, the book has met with an equal amount of controversy. Not only was the novel harshly criticized, its readers were also targeted by the same form of distaste. The aim of this thesis is to discuss the relationships between readers and the activities of reading by examining the socio-political context of post-80's and 90's China. Through the analysis of Guo Jingming's work, it will explore the cultural significance of the young adult fiction genre, especially among the younger readers in China.Bachelor of Art