20世纪三十年代中国“新”文学史写作刍论

The Overview of Writing on New Histories of Chinese Literature in 1930s

中国文学史的"新"与"旧",大致以文学观念作为区分。中国"旧"文学史以叙述经、史、子、集为主要内容,持雅文学观念,贬抑小说、戏曲等俗文学。中国"新"文学史则以纯文学为主要内容,同时重视小说、戏曲等俗文学的价值与地位。三十年代中国"新"文学史的产生与西方现代文学思潮的输入有密切的关系,同时也与新的文学文献的发现紧密相关。"新"文学史的写作在三十年代形成一个高潮,并产生了诸多代表著作,这些中国"新"文学史著作对文学史走向现代化奠定了良好基础,同时这些"新"文学史著作的写作也存在一些问题。

The new and old of the histories of Chinese literature basically are distinguished by literary con-cept.The old histories of Chinese literature mainly narrate classics,history,scholar’s thinking and writings,and collected works,and they insist the elegant idea of literature,debase folk literature such as drama and novel.However,the new histories of Chinese literature mainly narrate pure literature,and appreciate the value and status of folk literature such as drama and novel.The communication with western modern literary thought and the findings of new literature greatly lead to the formation of the new histories of Chinese liter-ature in the 1930s.There is a climax of writing new histories of Chinese literature in the 1930s,and some successful works appears.These new histories of Chinese literature lay the foundation for the modernization of the history of Chinese literature.At the same time,some defects exist in these new histories of Chinese literature in the 1930s.