文学人类学走向新学科——《20世纪前期中国文学人类学实践研究》代序

Literary Anthropology Emerging as a New Discipline——The Ghostwriting Preface to "Practical Research of Chinese Literary Anthropology in the Early 20th Century"

文学人类学是在20世纪崛起的文化人类学传播中国后的派生物。文章评介苏永前博士论文《20世纪前期中国文学人类学实践研究》,聚焦闻一多、孙作云、萧兵的研究脉络和传承关系,说明文学人类学如何从一种跨学科的研究方法或范式到至今拓展成为一门新兴交叉学科。个人的学术创新离不开两个重要的基础方面:一个方面就是对学术史的深刻反思,明白自己所处的位置,所能提出和解决的问题是什么;另一个方面则是自觉培育理论思维的能力。文化大传统理论在新世纪的诞生离不开前辈学人在跨学科方向上的筚路蓝缕之功。

Literary Anthropology is a derivative of the Cultural Anthropology after its rise in China in the 20th century. This article reviews Su Yongqian＇s doctoral dissertation,＂Practical Research of Chinese Literary Anthropology in the Early 20th Century＂, focusing on the research context and inheritance of Wen Yiduo, Sun Zuoyun and Xiao Bing, and illustrating how Literary Anthropology be expanded to be a newly emerging interdisciplinary subject from an interdisciplinary research method or paradigm. An individual＇s academic innovation cannot be separated from two important basic aspects. One the one hand, she/he must have a profound reflection on the academic history, knowing where she/he are and what she/he can put forwards and solve. And on the other hand, she/he must have the ability to consciously cultivate theoretical thinking. The birth of cultural tradition theory in the new century cannot be separated from the achievements of predecessors in the interdisciplinary direction.