本土传统与现代诉求:1930年代前期清华中国文学系的新文学活动

Indigenous Tradition and Modern Appeal: New Literature Activities in Department of Chinese Literature of Tsinghua University in Earlier 1930s

1930年代前期,清华大学中国文学系以“创造我们这个时代的新文学”为宗旨,在历史考据占主流地位的学术氛围中,显得颇为引人注目。一方面,新文学是通过反抗古典文学传统来建立自身合法性的,而另一方面,当时的大学国文系普遍仍是以古典文学课程为主体,在此条件下,大学国文系如何展开对于新文学的想象?古典文学可以成为新文学的资源么?本土传统如何与现代诉求相调和?1930年代前期清华中国文学系对新文学的想象及其挫折,折射出的正是这样的问题。

The Department of Chinese Literature of Tsinghua University in earlier 1930s, declared ＂create the new literature of our times＂ as its tenet, which came to the front in the academic atmosphere in which historical textual research played a dominant role then. On the one hand, the New Literature had legitimized itself by resisting classical literature tradition; on the other hand, classical literature was then the main part of the curriculums in departments of Chinese literature in universities. How would departments of Chinese literature imagine new literature under such conditions？ Could classical literature be the resource of the New Literature？ How would indigenous tradition conciliate with modern appeal？ All these issues were reflected in the imagination of the New Literature in the Department of Chinese Literature of Tsinghua University and its frustration.