在中外文论史上,大多数重要的理论建构都涉及本体论和方法论两个方面。当前的本质论和建构论之争同时在本体论(建构什么)和方法论(如何建构)两个层面上展开,业已深入到理论建构的具体纲领和细节。这场讨论的深入很有可能会造就 In the history of Chinese and foreign literary theories, most of the important theoretical constructions involve both ontology and methodology. The current dispute between essentialism and constructivism has started at both the ontology (what to construct) and the methodology (how to construct), and has gone deep into the concrete program and details of theoretical construction. The depth of this discussion is likely to create