文学是一种审美话语实践——文学本质的新表述方式

Literature Is a Discourse Practice of Appreciation of the Beauty——A New Expression of the Essence of Literature

文学本质问题是近年来文学理论界论争的一个焦点问题,而在论争过程中往往混淆了文学的定位和文学的本质。文学的定位和本质是两个不同层面的概念,文学的定位是:文学是一种具有意识形态属性的社会意识形式。在这个定位的基础上,笔者提出了关于文学本质的新表述方式:文学是一种审美话语实践。

The essence of literature has been a hot spot in the field of literary theories in recent years. However, the orientation of literature and its essence are often mixed up in the process of argument. Actually, they are of two concepts on two different layers. The orientation of literature is that literature is a form of social consciousness that is possessed of the attributes of ideology. On the basis of this orientation, this paper puts forward the new expression of the essence of literature, which suggests that literature is a discourse practice of the appreciation of the beauty.