從香港《大公報‧文藝》（1938-1941）編輯策略的本地面向檢討南來文人在香港的「實績」說

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從香港《大公報‧文藝》（1938-1941）編輯策略的本地面向檢討南來文人在香港的「實績」說

On the ‘Actual Contributions’ of the Mainland Literati: AStudy Based on the Editorial Strategies of Hong Kong Ta KungPao ’s Literary Supplement (1938-1941)

樊善標

Fan, Sin Piu

摘要

        上海在一九三○年代是中國報業的重要基地，但自1937年底為日軍攻陷之後，報館紛紛停刊或向後方遷移。移至香港的上海報刊中，《大公報》為犖犖大者。香港《大公報》背負在中國大陸創辦三十多年來的名聲，其「文藝」副刊兩任編者蕭乾、楊剛也都是通稱的南來文人，皆努力以文藝支持抗戰，直至1941年底香港也為日軍所佔領，港版《大公報》停刊為止。後來的論者或主張這一時期的南來文人「以傳播新思想、新文化、新文學，宣傳抗日等實績性行為」，「掀起香港文學史上第一次文學創作高潮」。

        本文從香港《大公報‧文藝》的具體內容探討兩任編者編輯策略的本地面向，從而展示蕭乾、楊剛所代表的南來文人對香港本地的態度，反思他們的「實績」與香港文學的關係。本文認為前述論者以民族主義建構南來文人和第一代香港本地作者的傳承，並不符合史實。這種說法既未能切合當時多數香港居民的心態，同時也忽略了南來文人間的差異。如能承認文學評價不僅僅建基於民族意識，香港文學史或將展現另一種更有意思的面貌。

關鍵詞：《大公報》、「文藝」版、南來文人、香港文學史

 Abstract

        The Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao (1938-1941) inherited the anti-Japanese stand from its Shanghai counterpart. The editors of the newspaper’s Literary Supplement Xiao Qian (蕭乾) and Yang Gang (楊剛) were mainlanders who supported the anti-Japanese war through literary works. It was generally thought that the literati from the mainland of this period spread new ideas, new cultures, new-vernacular literature and anti-Japanese sentiments, as a result their actual contributions brought the first climax of the Hong Kong literature.

        This paper discusses the local perspectives of Xiao and Yang with reference to the newspaper’s literary supplements. The ‘actual contributions’ of Xiao and Yang to Hong Kong literature are carefully reassessed.

        This paper also argues that nationalism may not be the most important factor which influenced the first generation of local (Hong Kong) writers, and that the mainland literati are not single-minded. National consciousness should not be the only assessment criterion when we reconstruct history of Hong Kong literature.

Keywords: Ta Kung Pao, literary supplement, the mainland literati, literary history of Hong Kong

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