我们应该怎样写文学史——王德威主编《新编现代中国文学史》的文学史之思

How to Write A Literary History Book?——Consideration About Literary History of A New Literary History of Modern China Edited by David Der-wei Wang

在众多已出版的中国现代文学史著作中,哈佛大学王德威教授主编的《新编现代中国文学史》别具一格,无论在"现代"的起点、"文学"的范围、"中国"的边界还是历史书写的方式等方面,都自成一体,体现出对既有文学史书写的反思与超越。从"现代""中国""历史""文学"四个关键词出发,对该书体现的文学史观念和文学史写作方式进行了深入辨析,以期对其编写特色有整体认识,并为方兴未艾的"重写文学史"实践提供借鉴和参考。

A New Literary History of Modern China Edited by David Der-wei Wang has a unique style in all works about modern Chinese literary history. It is different from other books either on begins of modern period, range of literature, boundary of China, or the writing style, which embody introspection and oversteps to other literary history works.The article focus on four key words: modern, China, history, and literature, deeply discriminated the ideals and writing style about literary history, in order to have an overall idea of writing character, and give reference for rewriting literary history.