“五四”新文化运动带来新的文学观念,这种新文学观念对古代小说研究产生了深刻的影响。通过对“五四”新文化运动以后小说研究领域的考察与清理,可以看到“五四”新文学观念不仅改变了人们的小说观念,确立了古代小说研究的学术地位,改变了小说研究的范围和重点,而且使小说的评价标准和小说研究的方法都发生了巨大的变化。 The “May Fourth” New Culture Movement brought new literary concepts. This new literary concept had a profound impact on the study of ancient novels. Through the investigation and clearance of the field of novel study since the May Fourth Movement, we can see that the notion of “May Fourth Movement” not only changed people’s conception of novel, but also established the academic status of ancient novel research and changed The scope and focus of the study of the novel, but also the great changes have taken place in the evaluation criteria of the novel and the novel’s research methods.