副文本在激发阅读兴趣和“正确”解读文本方面具有鲜明的指向功能,本文以晚清时期《新小说》杂志所刊翻译小说的副文本为个案详加梳理,发现主要存在译者序跋、译者注释和评点者的评点等三种形式。总体看来,《新小说》的副文本充当了开启民智、改良社会的工具,艺术功能被弱化。作为文本之外的操控手段,副文本成为文本的延伸和补充,在很大程度上操纵着文本的表达、引导着读者的阅读,从而达到“小说界革命”倡导的新民新国的目的。“小说界革命”的政治功利性在《新小说》副文本中得到很好的体现。

The paratxts plays a decisive role in arousing the readers' interest and in “correctly” decoding a text. This paper analyzes the prartexts of the translated works in the Late Qing Journal named New Novel. The result shows that there mainly exist three types of paratexts: the translator's prefaces and postscripts, the translator's notes and the commenter's comments. In general, the paratexts in New Novel take the responsibility of enlightening the people and reforming the society and their artistic value is diminished. As a means of manipulation beyond text, the paratexts become the extension and complement of the text, manipulating the text and leading the readers to realize the goal of “the Novel Revolution”: the renewal of the people and the country. The political tendency of “the Novel Revolution” is perfectly embodied in the paretexts in New Novel.