民族出身与民族文学——兼及民族文学的范畴与界定

Ethnic Background and Ethnic Literature

关于少数民族文学界定的标准有题材论 ,作家论 ,作家、作品民族特点统一论 ,作家、民族文字统一论等几种有代表性的观点。这些观点大多涉及作者的民族出身问题。而由于现当代少数民族作者民族出身的复杂性 ,造成了对少数民族文学范畴和界定的混乱及不确定性。少数民族文学应是少数民族作者创作的 ,体现本民族独特审美意识和审美情趣的文学作品。

On the definition of ethnic minority literature there are various theories:some put stress on the theme,some on the writer,others on the integration of the writer and his work or on the integration of the writer and ethnic literature respectively.Most of the theories concern the writers ethnic background.As writers ethnic background is very complex,the ethnic literature is difficult to define.The author of this paper holds the opinion that ethnic minority literature should be a creation by writers of ethnic minority background,and their work should reflect ethnic minority peoples aesthetic consciousness and interest.