大学中文系“文学史”课程的目的和功能——以《中国现代文学史》为例

Purposes and Functions of "Literary History" Courses in Chinese Departments of Colleges and Universities

大学中文系的“文学史”课程的功能包括知识的优化组合,知识人格化、生命化的转换,精神薪火的传递以及独立意识、创新精神的培养等等。知识学习的重点在于了解知识的生成过程,学会由已知探究未知,学会终身学习。学术训练,归根结底就是求真的科学精神、务实的科学态度和科学思维的训练,也是作风与人格的锻造。中学语文教育与大学中文系的文学课有一个明显的阶段性分工。中学语文“课改”亟需改变“文学审美教育缺席”的现状,关注学生的人格发展。

The functions of 'literary history' courses in Chinese Departments of colleges and universities include the optimization regrouping of knowledge, the transformation of knowledge to humanization and life, the transfer of spirit, the cultivation of independent consciousness and creative spirit, etc. The acquisition of knowledge focuses on understanding the process of knowledge formation and learning to proceed from the known to the unknown and learning to carry on lifelong study. Academic training is, in the final analysis, the training of the scientific spirit of seeking truth, of the scientific and pragmatic attitude and of the scientific thinking as well as a cultivation of the style of work and personality. There is a distinct division of labor at different phases between middle school Chinese education and literature courses in Chinese Departments of colleges and universities. As such, the quo status of 'the shortage of education in literature aesthetics' in the middle school curriculum reform of Chinese education must be modified so as to show concern for the development of personality on the part of students.