传统与现代的冲突 ,是转型期文化的内部结构。这个文化冲突贯穿于当今思想界、文学界的各个领域 ,构成诸多的思想论争。本文对新市民小说进行了文化批评 ,分析了小说主人公们价值选择的多向性和矛盾性 ,用艺术形象揭示了这一转型期文化的内部结构。生活的逻辑告诉人们 :思想解放虽然是转型期文化的主导方向 ,但并不能彻底否定传统文化 ;传统文化中那些合乎人性要求的内容 ,依旧对现代人有着巨大的吸引力 ;这就形成传统与现代既相互否定又相互肯定的复杂关系 ,并在这种肯定与否定的互补中推进新文化的建设。对新市民小说进行的这种文化批评 ,打破了长期统治思想文化界的单向思维方式 ,为文化选择提供一个更加符合历史要求的思路 The conflict between tradition and modernity is the internal structure of the culture in transition. This cultural conflict runs through all areas of today’s thinking and literary circles and constitutes a great deal of ideological debate. This article has carried on the cultural criticism to the new citizen novels, analyzed the multi-way and the contradictory value choice of the protagonists, and revealed the internal structure of this transitional culture with the artistic image. The logic of life tells people that although emancipation of the mind is the dominant direction in the transitional period, it can not completely negate the traditional culture. In the traditional culture, those contents that meet the requirements of humanity still have a huge appeal to the modern people. This forms the tradition and The modern complicated relations that are both negative and mutual affirmations promote the construction of a new culture in the mutual complement of affirmation and negation. This kind of cultural criticism of new citizen novels breaks the one-way thinking mode of long-term domination of the ideological and cultural circles and provides a way of thinking that more meets historical requirements for cultural choices