“没有晚清，何来五四”与中国现代文学起点问题

王德威提出的“没有晚清，何来五四”的论断对中国现代文学研究界的冲击集中在对现代文学起点的看法上。这一论断影响较大，受到的争议也较大，这既与王德威新的理论视角有关，也与其理论本身及论述的芜杂有关。王德威在晚清文学现代性话语和后现代性论述策略之间游移不定，建构和解构的话语纠缠在一起，造成了话语本身的自我驳难、自我否定。这是其无法恰当处理晚清文学与五四文学之间的关系所致，也是其获致非议的关键。

On the Issues of Where There Is No Late Qing Dynasty,There Is No May Fourth Movement and the Starting Point of Contemporary Chinese Literature

Wang Dewei’s idea that “where there is no late Qing Dynasty,there is no May Fourth Movement” mainly focuses on the starting point of contemporary Chinese literature.The idea is influential.However,it is also controversial due to his research perspective and the miscellaneous narration of the idea.Wang wobbles between the modernity discourse of late Qing Dynasty literature and the post modernity narration strategy,constructing and deconstructing discourse and causing a self denial of the discourse.This is because that he can not properly deal with the relationship between late Qing Dynasty literature and the literature of May Fourth Movement and it’s no strange why his idea is criticized.