西方理论的中国问题:兼论研究方法、古代文论的现代转换

The China Question in Western Literary Theories:Methods And Modern Transformation of Classical Criticism

反思文艺理论的中国问题,应从思想史的角度出发,展开历史化与元批评的对话。影响的焦虑和中国古代文论的现代转换是两个密切相关的问题,我们应以文学形式及其历史,以及审美—意识形态内容的内在研究为基础,逐步削弱“古代”和“现代”、“中国”和“西方”的割裂感与焦虑感,继承五四时代的世界主义胸怀,以开展理论的对话。

The China Question in western literary theories should be reflected from the perspective of intellectual history,opening dialogues between historicization and meta-criticism.This paper argues that since transformation of tradition is an immanent part of modern knowledge,the anxiety of influence,and dichotomies of tradition/modernity,China/West ought to be dispelled by refocusing on issues of historical,aesthetic,and ideological content of literary form.A cosmopolitan vision that draws on the May Fourth(1919)ethos may help facilitate conversations on literary theories from cross-cultural perspectives.