《剑桥中国文学史》分期浅论

《剑桥中国文学史》的定位是非学术性的面向普通读者的畅销书,其独特的分期方法固然是对欧美汉学传统上以文类为分类依据的反拨,更是对市场及潜在读者的迎合。从其实际的操作看,主编所宣称的文学文化史的观念,在具体的分期中并没有得到彻底贯彻。由于各个时段的不同特点,也由于参编者各自的学术专长及风格不同,因而分期方式也各不相同,这使得全书颇为杂乱。即使如此,这部来自域外的著作以其不同的视角对学界仍旧有启发意义。

On the Division of Stages in The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature

The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature was published mainly for non -specialist readers and tried to be a best-selling book.The Special division of stages is not only to avoid the traditional method of Sinology to divide the field into genres, but to meet the needs for the market and potential readers.In fact, the purpose claimed by the editors to create a history of literary culture had not been thoroughly implemented.Due to the different features of each period of history, and every editor’ s different academic expertise and the style, thus the methods for division is inconsistent, which makes the book is a little bit messy.Even so, this book with a different perspective from overseas academia is still of enlightening significance to the domestic academic circles.