早期古代文学批评的主要目标在于寻求客观性 ,因而搜集材料被认为是研究的首要条件。但材料的选择与淘汰实质上与理论的储备密切相关 ,一个没有理论素养的人 ,在材料的使用及重新挖掘方面必然会有欠缺。在理论和材料之间 ,理论具有优先性 ,文学批评的研究只有在理论取得深入之后才会有所突破。因此 ,构建“大文学理论”,将古代文学批评与思想史、学术史的研究相结合 ,才能走出困境 The main objective of early ancient literary criticism was to seek objectivity, and collecting materials was considered as the primary condition for research. However, the material selection and elimination are closely related to the theoretical reserves. An unprofessional person inevitably lacks in the use and re-excavation of materials. There is a priority between theory and material, and the study of literary criticism can only make a breakthrough after the theory is advanced. Therefore, to build “the theory of big literature” and combine the study of ancient literary criticism with the history of ideas and history, can we get out of the dilemma