经典如何成为经典?——论中国当代文学经典问题研究的三个维度

How Does a Classic Become a Classic?——On the Three Dimensions of the Study of Contemporary Chinese Literary Classics

中国当代文学的经典问题作为21世纪学界普遍关注的热点问题,关涉到文学作品的价值等级评价,其与文学史、文学批评、文学评奖三者有着紧密的关系。中国当代文学史对文学经典的审定和确立构成了中国当代文学史清晰的主线,其编选的作家作品反映了中国当代文学经典化的构筑历程;文学批评的推介、宣传及传播塑造了中国当代文学经典化的过程,文学批评话语对中国当代文学经典的形成无疑具有现实意义;文学评奖是文学经典化的外部因素之一,它与文学史对经典的选择趋向、批评话语对经典的建构导向都有着千丝万缕的联系,在推动中国当代文学作品经典化的进程中,文学评奖起到了隐性的作用。

Contemporary Chinese literary classics,as a hot issue concerned by the academia in the 21 st century,relates to the evaluation of literary works and has a close relationship with literary history,literary criticism and literary awards.Contemporary Chinese literary history's judgment and determination of classics construct a clear main thread of the history of contemporary Chinese literature,and the selected writers and works reflect the process of canonization of contemporary Chinese literature;The promotion,publicity and dissemination of literary criticism shape the process of Chinese contemporary literature's canonization,so literary criticism discourse undoubtedly has practical significance for the formation of contemporary Chinese literary classics;Literary award,one of the external factors of literary canonization,entangles with the preference and inclination of literary history and the guidance from critical discourse on the construction of canon,therefore,it plays an implicit role in the process of promoting the canonization of contemporary Chinese literary works.