International Communication Studies in Literature and Art
ICSLA, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2025, pp.135-141.
Print ISSN: 3079-2711; Online ISSN: 3104-5081
Journal homepage: https://www.icslajournal.com
DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/ICSLA.25.1.13
郭 然（Guo Ran）
摘要：启蒙理性与现代小说的兴起是国内外18世纪西方文学文化研究的经典命题，前者已近乎不刊之论，后者由于相关研究过多难有新意也让人望而却步，2024年《情感时代：18世纪西方启蒙思想与现代小说的兴起》高举“情感”大旗为上述领域的深入垦拓又添一部见解独到的力作。《情感时代》对小说兴起的回应是通过从媒介传播的角度切入18世纪情感问题实现的，该著作的贡献在于：学者金雯从纷繁的现代小说研究范式中开辟出一条“情感叙事”的新路，在重构启蒙思想内部理论框架的同时，着重论述了小说的传播如何连接当时的私人和公共领域，并在与各种历史话语的斡旋中干预现实。《情感时代》的出版不仅弥补了国内学界缺乏系统研究文学情感问题的不足，也为进入18世纪文学场域提供了一个全新的媒介视角。
关键词：《情感时代》；小说传播；情感叙事；公私领域
作者简介：郭然（Guo Ran），江苏师范大学文学院讲师，研究方向：18世纪英国文学文化。电邮：gr2013gjy@163.com。
Title: The Dissemination of Modern Novel: Affective Narratives and the Negotiation of Public and Private Spheres—A Review of Jin Wen’s Age of Feeling: Enlightenment Thoughts and the Rise of the Modern Novel in the 18th Century
Abstract: The rise of Enlightenment rationality and the modern novel is a classic theme in the study of 18th century Western literature and culture, both domestically and internationally. The former has become almost an indisputable theory, while the latter, due to an overwhelming amount of related research, has made it difficult to find new perspectives, deterring further exploration. In 2024, Age of Feeling: Enlightenment Thoughts and the Rise of the Modern Novel in 18th Century boldly raised the banner of “sentiment”, adding a uniquely insightful work to the in-depth exploration of these fields. Age of Feeling responds to the rise of the novel by addressing 18th century issues of sentiment from the perspective of media dissemination. The contribution of this work lies in the fact that scholar Jin Wen has carved out a new path of “affective narrative” from the complex paradigms of modern novel studies. While reconstructing the theoretical framework within Enlightenment thoughts, the work emphasizes how the dissemination of novels connected the private and public spheres of the time and intervened in reality through negotiations with various historical discourses. The publication of Age of Feeling not only fills the gap in the systematic study of literary sentiment in domestic academia but also provides a fresh media perspective for entering the literary field of the 18th century.
Keywords: Age of Feeling; Dissemination of Novel; Affective Narratives; Public and Private Spheres
Author Biography: Guo Ran, Lecturer, School of Liberal Arts, Jiangsu Normal University. Research Areas: 18th-Century British Literature and Culture. E-mail: gr2013gjy@163.com.
Received: 28 Feb 2025 / Revised: 14 Apr 2025 / Accepted: 15 May 2025 / Published online: 30 May 2025 / Print published: 30 Jun 2025; Print ISSN: 3079-2711 · Online ISSN: 3104-5081 / by ICSLA, Vol.1, No.1, 2025, pp.135-141.
