关于中国特色的民间文艺学

On Folk Literature and Art with Chinese Features

关注、深入研究民间文学的定位、内涵、价值、现状等是中国民间文艺学的首要任务。作为中国传统文化不可或缺的组成部分,民间文学却长期遭受忽视、贬低,因此需要重新认识其地位与文化属性:民间文学是至今仍被广大民众普遍接受的口头文学,是民族精神的载体、民族文化的基因与文人文学的渊薮、人类共同的文化遗产与现代文化的组成部分。在全球化、现代化、信息化、城镇化的社会条件下,生存场域受到冲击,民间文学也发生了很大变化,民间文学研究者应该深入田野调查和采录,把仍活在民众口头上的民间文学的形态记录下来,并进行比较研究,也要关注、研究新出现的都市传说,探求民间文学发展、演变,建立具有中国特色的民间文艺学。

A primary task of Chinese folk literature is concern and research on its own position,mission,value and status quo.Undoubtedly,Chinese folk literature is an indispensable part of traditional Chinese culture,which has been unfortunately long neglected.It is argued that we should re-recognize its position and cultural attributes,that is,folk literature is still a popular oral genre,a vehicle of national spirit,a gene of national culture,a habitat of writers and literature,and a component of shared human cultural heritage and modern culture.In the context of globalization,modernization,information technology and urbanization,its survival arena is challenged and accordingly change has occurred.This discipline should focus on field work and fresh material garnering,conduct comparative work on orally inherited folk literature,and keep an eye on new urban legends,so as to explore the development and transformation of folk literature and establish folk literature and art with Chinese features.