中国近代文学分期上限之我见

自从1949年以来,在我国大陆正式出版的绝大多数中国文学史、分体断代史、分体文学发展史、古代文学作品选等书籍,都把中国近代文学分期的上限定在1841(或1840)年。应该看到,这种划分方法,显然直接受到历史学分期的影响,并不适合文学分期的客观情况,同时也是长期以来极左思潮在古代文学研究领域泛滥的结果,对研究清一代文学有百害而无一利,中国近代文学分期的上限只能定在1912年。

My View on When the Chinese Modern Literature Began

Since 1949, most books on the history of Chinese literature, the literary styles of a certain dynasty and the selected works of the ancient literature officially published in China have defined the year 1841 (or 1840) as the beginning of the Chinese modern literature. It should be noted that this kind of division is definitely influenced by the division of history, which is not in keeping with the division of literary history. This kind of division is the result of the ultra Left trend of thought, which is harmful to the study of the literature of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, based on the real facts of the history, the beginning of the Chinese modern literature should be set in 1912.