传记史学的定义辨析及学科性质厘定

Definition and Disciplinary Nature of Biographical History

随着传记数量的激增和史学研究的微观化,传记史学逐渐走入学者研究视野,相对于文学界对传记研究的热络,史学界就显得冷清很多,甚至关于传记史学一些理论问题还都没得以解决,如传记史学的定义、特征、学科性质等等。文章在前人研究成果的基础上,拟对传记史学的基本理论问题加以探讨,以促进传记史学的学科向独立化方向发展,引起学界对传记史学的关注。

With the surge in the number of biographies and historical studies of the mierostructure, biographical history scholars gradually come into view, as opposed to the hot literary biography research, the history research world becomes deserted, with some theoretical issues concerning biographical history unresolved, such as the definition of biographical history, its characteristics, and disciplinary nature, etc. Grounded upon the previous studies, this paper aims to explore the basic theoretical issues regarding bio- graphical history with a view to promoting the development of biographical history into an independent discipline, thus attracting the attention to biographical history in the academia.