中国近代小说研究史的价值——兼论文学史基础的重建

The Value of the History of Study on Modern Chinese Fiction——A Concurrent Study on the Reconstruction of the Foundation of Literary History

对近代小说研究史的梳理与评述,能使人们了解百年来的研究概况及其薄弱环节所在,也能使学者们明白今后研究的着力点与方法的改善。《中国近代小说研究史论》在这方面做了很有价值的工作。“重写文学史”口号提出二十余年来,各种文学史专著的接踵而出,但若从研究史的角度作考察,各种撰写模式及其综合使用在方法论上与前相较并无本质差别。这说明首先得重建文学史的基础,其中包括文学研究史的研究。

A review and comment on the history of study on modem fiction enables people to know well its centuryold research outline and weak points, and enables scholars to realize what are emphases and methodological improvements of further studies. The book of On the History of Study on Modem Chinese Fiction has done some valuable work in this respect. The slogan, ＂Rewrite the History of Literature＂, has been put forth for more than twenty years, and writings on the literary history have been published one after another. But there is no essential methodological difference among various writing modes, if viewed from the angle of research history. It shows that the first task is to reconstruct the foundation of literary history, including a study on the research history of literature.