陈子展《唐代文学史》的学术成就与研究方法

On Academic Achievements and Research Methods in Chen Zi-zhan'sLiterary History of the Tang Dynasty

陈子展先生的《唐代文学史》比较早地勾勒了诗歌、古文及唐代新出现的小说、词等文体创作的历史进程,从作家所处的生态环境与文学内部规律阐释了唐代文学何以繁荣的主客观缘由,细腻入微地分析了各种文学样式的文体特征与写作技巧。该书在研究方法与视域上推崇白话文学,擅长比较研究,巧于史料征引,因而有理由成为民国间所撰写的几种唐代文学史中最为优秀的一部。

Chen Zi -zhan＇s Literary History of the Tang Dynast quite early outlines the historical process of literary creations, such as the poetry, the ancient style prose, the newly - born novel and Ci; It also explains the subjective and objective reasons for the prosperity of the Tang dynasty literature both from the author＇s ecological environment and the internal laws of literature, and then it analyses features of a variety of styles and writing skills. This book esteems the vernacular literature in the research methods and the sight, excels in a comparative study and cites skillfully the historical data, thus can be regarded as the most outstanding work of its kind in The Republic of China.