中国当代文学究竟有没有精魂

Is There Any Spirit in the Contemporary Chinese Literature

危机意识是中国现代文学的精魂,有此起统帅作用的精魂,20世纪前半期中国文学不仅实现了现代化,产生了众多杰出的作家和作品,贡献出以鲁迅为代表的文学大师,也使中国现代文学一起步就于世界文学接轨。而20世纪后半期中国当代文学50年在特定的历史条件下,从紧跟政治到追逐商品化大潮,自始至终缺乏一个像现代文学那样能起统帅作用的“精魂”。因而既未能出大师,也未能出精品。

The sense of crisis is the leading spirit of modern Chinese literature. Such a spirit has not only modernized Chinese literature, but also produced many masters such as Lu Xun, making modern Chinese literature an integral part of the world literature. Yet, such leading spirit was not available in the second half of the 20th century because of politicization and commercialization. Therefore there were no masters, nor were there masterpieces.