史料·史识·史论——论王瑶《中古文学史论》的研究方法

Discussion on research methods of WANG Yao's History of Medieval Literature

王瑶的《中古文学史论》在中古文学乃至文化史研究领域具有里程碑意义,它不仅全面系统,研究方法更具创新性。书中重点突出"史"的研究方法,将文学现象还原到当时的社会历史之中去分析,使得文学史研究与历史发展的实际脉络相契合,呈现出"史化"的特点。具体表现为"史料"、"史识"与"史论"三者的有机结合。书中对史料全面与精准的征引、对史识自觉的追求,加之多种论证方法的综合运用,共同构成并丰富了其"史化"的研究方法,对后人研究颇具方法论意义。

WANG Yao's History of Medieval Literature has milestone significance both in medieval literature and cultural history research field. It has not only a comprehensive system,but also an innovative research method. The book focuses on research method of ‘history',and analyzes the literary phenomenon by restoring it to the social history of that time. So the research of literary history can fit with the historical development,showing the characteristics of‘historicization',which is an organic combination of ‘historical data',‘historical knowledge' and ‘historical essay'. There are a comprehensive and accurate historical data quoted,a conscious pursuit of historical knowledge,and a use of various methods of argumentation in the book,all of them constitute and enrich the research method of‘historicization'. It has a methodology significance for later research.