“重写文学史”浪潮的先声——评“二十世纪中国文学论”的创新与局限

The Prelude to the Wave of"Rewriting Literary History":Comment on the Innovation and Limitation of The Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature

自“五四”新文学运动以来,中国新文学史的分期问题始终是学界探讨研究的重点。“二十世纪中国文学论”的出现打破了以往按照政治与历史视角分割文学史的旧格局,它以文学现代化为内核,关注文学发展的内在逻辑与整体性,极具启蒙主义的光辉。但“二十世纪中国文学论”存在对二十世纪中国文学主题概括不恰当、对现代化的认知不准确等问题,应当以辩证的眼光进行看待与修正。

Since the May Fourth New Literature Movement,the issue of periodization in the history of Chinese new literature has always been a focus of academic exploration and research.The advent of the The Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature represents a shift away from the conventional approach of dividing the history of literature according to political and historical perspectives.Instead,it emphasizes the modernization of literature as a central tenet,paying attention to the internal logic and the wholeness of the development of literature.This approach draws inspiration from the Enlightenment tradition.However,it's inappropriate summarization of the themes of 20th century Chinese literature and inaccurate understanding of modernization should be addressed and rectified through a dialectical approach.