文学评论语言需要严谨——就《人民文学·编者寄语》的质疑

The Rigorousness of Literary Criticism

文学评论语言要讲事实,求准确,要有科学性。印度的《梨俱吠陀本集》应该是世界上最早的诗集。《红楼梦》是18世纪世界第一流长篇小说,但不能说是第二个千年居世界顶峰的小说。鲁迅不是因小说,而是综合小说、杂文和其他文学体裁而可以与世界大师匹敌。清朝前期经济高度发展和繁荣,但在第二个千年尚未达到世界之最。

Literary criticism attaches importance to fact, strives for accuracy and needs scientism. The Indian poem Rgvedasamhita is the earliest collection of poems in the world. A Dream Of Red Mansions is known as the first-rate novel in 18th century in the world, but it cannot be called the novel on the top of the world in the 2nd millennium AD. Lu Xun could rival worldwide literati owing to his type of literature synthesizing novel, essay and other forms, not just because of his novels. The economy in the earlier stage of Qing Dynasty achieved highly development and prosperity, which had not led the world yet in the 2nd millennium AD.