王元化学案

Wang Yuanhua's Research Life

王元化的学术成就有三个重要方面:(1)作为文学评论家,他坚持现实主义文学的精神,追求文学真实,坚持思想艺术统一的批评标准,标举人性、人格力量,高扬文学的主体性;不畏强权,维护文学与学术的尊严,表现出凛凛风骨。(2)作为文学理论家,王元化会通中西,融合古今,开拓了《文心雕龙》研究的新领域。(3)作为思想家、思想史与文化学者,王元化深究中国当代思想理论界的症结性问题,追究极左思潮的根源,推动了新时期的思想解放运动。王元化是五四精神的继承者和开发者,是当代知识分子精神的重要承载者,他对五四新文化运动的反思,提倡"有思想的学术",开启了中国思想文化的"后五四"时代。

Wang Yuanhua’s academic achievements have three important aspects:(1) As a literary critic,he adheres to realist literature,pursuing literary truth,adhering to the criteria of the unification of ideology and art,flaunting human nature and personality,and highlighting the subjectivity of literature.He safeguards the dignity of literature and academy in spite of power,thus demonstrating his stern spirit.(2) As a literary theorist,Wang Yuanhua integrates Chinese and Western culture,the past and the present,and opens up a new field for the study of Wen Xin DiaoLong.(3) As a thinker,ideological historian and cultural scholar,Wang Yuanhua probes deeply into the crux of contemporary Chinese ideological and theoretical circles,investigating the root of extreme left ideological trend,and promoting the ideological liberation movement in the new period.Wang Yuanhua is the inheritor and developer of the spirit of the May 4 th Movement.His reflection on the May 4 th New Culture Movement and his advocacy of "academic thinking" opened the "post-May 4 th" era of Chinese ideology and culture.