Feasibility Investigation for Popularization of “Novel Educational Function” in Small Talk in Late Qing Dynasty and Early Republic of China

The view of ancient Chinese novel education is an orderly political enlightenment that represents the will of the ruling class from top to bottom, while the view of novel education in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China is a bottom-up enlightenment of the awakening people, which emphasizes the goal of educating people and saving the country through the enlightenment of ideological education to the ordinary people. This emphasis inspired the writers of the small talk to actively explore the popularization of novel educational function and put forward a series of feasible paths, such as studying novels in class, popularizing the novel, improving women's educational level and creating works that can interest readers.