试谈海登·怀特的“历史书写理论”对当代文学研究的现实意义

A Tentative Analysis on the Practical Significance of Hayden White's Theory of Historical Writing to Contemporary Literature Research

海登.怀特(Hayden W h ite)是当代美国著名思想史家、历史学家、文学批评家,他将文学与历史相融合,从而极大地拓展了文学研究的视野,并将文学性与历史性两个维度在文学研究中的重要地位凸显出来,其文本性与文本间性研究为我们审视文学、理解历史、把握文学与历史、历史与文化、文学与文化等范畴之间的复杂关系提供了新观念与新视角,并对我们当前的文学研究具有重大的现实意义。

Ha＇yden White, an eminent contemporary thinker in the sphere of historiography, philosophy of history and literary theory, combines literature into history and extends enormously the view of field of the literary study, and foregrounds the role the two dimensions of literature and history plays in the literary studies. His researches of Texuality and intertextuality provide us with new concepts and new angles of view in surveying literature, understanding history, and mastering the complicated relationship between those categories, such as literature and history, history and culture, culture and literature, and etc.. Hayden White＇ s theory of Historical Writing has significant practical effect on the contemporary Literature research.