论麦克尔·怀尔丁的文学批评观

麦克尔·怀尔丁是澳大利亚著名的“新派”作家，也是澳大利亚“新左翼”文学批评的代表人物。他主张重拾作品的社会政治意义；反对“新批评”将文学作品与社会政治语境隔绝的做法，主张文学与主流意识形态对话；摒弃“新批评”僵化而冷酷的形式主义，强调对“人”的关注；认为“新批评”学者撰写的文学史过于狭隘，主张重写激进文学史。

Michael Wilding's Literary Critical Thoughts

Michael Wilding is a famous writer and literary critic in Australia in 1980s and 1990s. He opposes The New Criticism and argues that literary works should be resituated in the social and political context and that literary works should have a dialogue with mainstream ideologies. He attacks the stiff and ruthless formalism upheld by The New Criticism, and suggests that literary criticism should give priority to human values rather than the forms of literary works. Besides, he criticizes the narrow literary history written by New Critics and proposes a re-writing of literary history concerning a wide range of social and political ideas. His radical literary thought is no less meaningful in the recent days of rising cultural right-wing.