sentimentalism

n.感伤主义；沉于情感

That is a novel reeking with sentimentalism. 那是一本充满着感伤主义的小说。

The sentimentalism novel, together with other novel types, has facilitated the Chinese novel narrative from the tradition to the modern. 感伤主义小说与其他小说类型一道，促成了中国小说叙事形式由传统向现代的转变。