近30年中国大陆口述史学发展述评

近30年来,中国大陆口述史学发展迅速,学者对口述史学理论的建构和发展作出了积极的努力。关于口述史学性质的“学科/方法”之争还在持续,实践中学者们多从方法角度开展研究。文学叙事型书写/叙史方式是当下大陆史学家进行口述史书写的主要方式。口述史学应努力形成明显区别于人类学等学科的学术理论、方法体系和公认的书写范式,才有可能成为一个具有严格规范、特色鲜明的中国历史学分支学科。

Review on the Study of Oral History During the Past Thirty Years in Mainland China

In the recent 30 years, oral history has witnessed rapid development. Chinese scholars have made positive efforts on the construction and the development of oral history theory. Although the argument about “the subject” or “the method” concerning the nature of oral history continues, many scholars have conducted their research from the aspect of method. Meanwhile, the method for oral history writing has gradually become diversified and the type of literary narration for history writing is the main way for Chinese oral history writing. It is stated that the academic theory, method system and writing paradigm of oral history should be distinctively different from those of other subjects such as anthropology, etc. so as to make it become a branch of Chinese historiography with its strict guidelines and striking characteristics.