新世纪的江西小说,无论是在题材、主题、艺术形式还是美学特质上都呈现出多元发展的态势,在小说观念上具有较强的现代意识。以批判的姿态直面当下,挑开生活的面纱,突入社会和人性的最深层,关注普通人的生存境遇、生命状态,是江西小说的主潮,比如陈世旭的知识分子系列、熊正良的“苦难”系列以及阿袁、丁伯刚、陈然、王芸等众多中青年作家的作品。他们的创作正如昆德拉所说:“小说存在的理由是要永恒地照亮‘生活世界’,保护我们不至于坠入‘对存 The Jiangxi novel of the new century shows a pluralistic development both in themes, themes, artistic forms and aesthetic qualities, and has a strong modern consciousness in the concept of novels. Facing the present with a critical attitude, the veil of life, breaking into the deepest social and human nature, concerned about the living conditions of ordinary people, is the main trend of Jiangxi novels, such as Chen Shixu's series of intellectuals, Xiong Zhengliang's ”Suffering “ series and A Yuan, Ding Boyang, Chen Ran, Wang Yun and many other works of young writers. Their writing is exactly what Kundera said: ”The reason why the novel exists is to eternally illuminate the 'world of life' and protect us from falling into '