“当代文学”的文学史意义——以洪子诚中国当代文学史研究为中心

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE OF LITERARY HISTORY SIGNIFICANCE Centering as Hong Zicheng's Studies on Chinese Literary History

上世纪80年代以来,"二十世纪中国文学"等新的文学史概念逐渐流行,学者多试图从整体上把握百年来中国文学的发展进程。与之相对,洪子诚则辨析"当代文学"这一旧有概念被构造与描述的过程,通过与"现代文学"的对照,关注40-50年代之交的文学转折,进而建立起独特的"当代文学"论述。这也为我们重新思考"现代文学"甚至"文学"的概念,思考文学与历史的复杂关联提供了新的视角。

Some new concepts on the history of literature have been increasingly popular since 1980s, such as＂C hinese literature in the 20th C entury＂and so on. T hese concepts show the academ ic am bition to conceive the historical course of C hinese literature during the last century. H ow ever, H ong Z icheng m arched an inspiring and in-depth analysis of an old concept-＂contem porary literature＂.Focusing on the literary transition around 1949,he review ed the w hole form ative and practicalprocess ofthis concept, w hile com pared it w ith another concept＂m odern literature＂, w hich m ade a different historical and literary discourse possible. H is w ork provides us a brand new perspective to rethink the popular concepts as＂m odern literature＂ even ＂literature＂ itself, and furtherm ore, the com plex relation betw een literature and history.