论“文学史”的简史、构成要素及意义

On the Brief History,Components and Significance of Literature History

学术界对文学史的界定众说纷纭,以至于这一概念被使用时出现了含混模糊。事实上,从有文学史之实但无文学史之名,到有文学史之名且包含有多重内涵,文学史的内涵经历了漫长的流变过程。文学史主要包含文学史事实、文学史书写和文学史哲学三个构成层面。与之对应,文学史的意义也是多重的:其一,传播知识、传承文学技法和弘扬文学经典;其二,让后学了解文学发展的脉络与趋势,并将其纳入到民族新文化的建构当中,彰显其时代价值;其三,建构特色的文学史理论体系,以更好地指导文学史研究。

There are so many different definitions of literary history in academic circles that the concept is ambiguous while being used.In fact,the history literature has gone through a long process of evolution from the time when the history of literature existed without being called“the literature history”,to the time when the name of“the literature history”appeared and has contained multiple connotations.The literature history mainly includes three constituent levels:facts of literary history,writing of literary history and philosophy of literary history.Correspondingly,the literary history has multiple significance.First,to spread knowledge,pass on literary techniques,and promote literary classics;second,to enable later learners to understand the context and trends of literary development,and incorporate them into the construction of a new national culture so as to demonstrate its value of the times;third,to construct a characteristic theoretical system of the literature history in order to better guide the research of literary history.