中断还是延续:对二十世纪中国文学启蒙性的理解

Discontinuity or Continuity: An Understanding of the Enlightenment Function of the Chinese Literature in the 20^(th) Century

八十年代中期二十世纪中国文学启蒙性问题提出以后,普遍认为这种启蒙在四十年代以后相当长的一个时期被中断。西方思想界对于启蒙的理解为我们考察二十世纪中国文学的启蒙性提供了启示:启蒙始终是二十世纪中国文学的基本主题。

Since the enlightenment function of the Chinese literature in the 20^(th) century was proposed in the mid-1980s, it is generally considered that the enlightenment has been discontinued for a long period after 1940s.An examination of western ideological views on enlightenment may give us great inspiration:Enlightenment is the basic theme of the Chinese literature in the 20^(th) century.