《現代文學小說選集》的現代主義特色

The Modernism Characteristics of Selected Novels of Modem Literature

《現代文學小說選集》是臺灣〈現代文學》其中一位主將歐陽子，在1960-1973年，第一到五十一期，二百零六篇短篇小說中選出三十三篇的集子，其選擇大抵以符合「現代主義」精神為標準，每一篇前面附有歐陽子「新批評」式的簡介。其中作品大致比《文學雜誌）（1956-1960）現代文學的草創期要先進，創新與實驗精神又比1977年《現代文學》復刊之後要來得強烈。每位作家只選了一篇，對於作品產量較多的作家雖未必公允，但此選集卻不失作為臺灣最具「文學現代性」之短篇小說的典範，其中頗能彰顯現代主義文學的特色。本文試從三方面來討論此選集所具有的現代主義特色：一是多篇「呼應存在主義的課題」二是相當「重視人物的心理描寫」，三則為「鍛鍊語言講究表現方式」。 Including 33 short stories, Selected Novels of Modern Literature was selected by Ou-yang Tzu, the mainstay of Modern Literature, from 206 short stories of the periodical (no.1-51, 1960-1973). According to the standard of modernism, Ou-yang selected the stories, and gave every story a New-Criticism-style introduction. The selected works are more avant-garde than those in the pioneering stage of Literature Magazine, and more creative than those after Modern Literature resumed publication in 1977. Ou-yang selected only one story per writer, no matter the writer was prolific or not. This anthology can yet be regarded as a model of modern short stories in Taiwan. It highlights the characteristics of modernism. We are going to discuss the questions from three aspects: 1. Many stories echo the topic of existentialism. 2. Those stories pay great attention to the description of psychology. 3. The writers try hard to perfect their skill, and polish their writing.