魏际昌先生的中国古代文学史撰述

Mr.Wei Jichang’s Compilation of the History of Ancient Literature

魏际昌先生有丰富的文学史撰述,多为大学授课讲稿,生前未曾发表,《紫庵文集》出版,得以公布。有《中国古典文学讲稿》《明清文学》《中华诗词发展小史》《汉魏六朝赋》数种,应引起文学史界重视。主要围绕《中国古典文学讲稿》,探讨魏际昌先生撰述的文学史特点。他对中国文学内涵的概括合乎中国文体特色,论述中国文学重去伪存真还其本色,反映出那一代学人以实学为基础的治学风格。而其评价历代文学所表现出的重视来自民间文学的倾向,既接受了其师胡适的文学史观,又受时代风气影响。因其有深厚的旧学根底,故能在具体分析作家作品时,做到实事求是、深入精到。

Mr.Wei Jichang has rich literary history writings,which mostly are lecture notes for university lectures,which were not published during his lifetime.The Zi’an Collected Works was published and was able to be introduced to the public.There are several types of works in the literary history circle,including Lectures on Chinese Classical Literature,Literature of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,A Brief History of the Development of Chinese Poetry,and Fu of the Han,Wei,and Six Dynasties.This article mainly focuses on Lectures on Chinese Classical Literature and explores the characteristics of literary history written by Mr.Wei Jichang.His generalization of the connotation of Chinese literature is in line with the characteristics of Chinese style,and he discusses that Chinese literature returns to its true nature by eliminating the false and retaining the true,reflecting the scholarly style of that generation based on practical learning.The emphasis placed on folk literature in his evaluation of literature from previous dynasties not only accepted his teacher Hu Shi’s literary history view,but also was influenced by the trend of the times.Due to its deep foundation in classical learning,it is able to be practical,realistic,and thorough when analyzing writers’works in detail.