英国当代大批评家弗·雷·利维斯在他的批评名著《伟大的传统》中,对英国的小说进行了着实的梳理,阐明了英国小说传统之伟大所在:“伟大的传统”不仅是文学传统,更是一种道德关怀。简·奥斯丁、乔治·艾略特、亨利·詹姆斯、约瑟夫·康拉德等大作家构成了利维斯批评的中间人物,利维斯从他们的作品中发现一脉相承的传统,并且深刻地认识到不论是文学形式技巧还是深刻的心理分析,只有服务于道德关怀才有意义。可见,在利维斯的批评思想中道德的关怀才是文学作品中最有价值的东西,这也是他评价一部小说伟大与否的重要批评标准。韦勒克也指出对文学价值的判断是研究文学的重要意义所在,他说:“艺术作品是 In his critique of ”Great Tradition“, British contemporary critic Frey Leavis made a real combing of British novels and expounded the great tradition of British novels: ”Great traditions“ It is not only a literary tradition but also a moral concern. Big writers such as Jane Austen, George Eliot, Henry James, and Joseph Conrad formed the midst of Levi’s critique. Levis found a tradition of the same strain in their works, and profoundly Realizing that both literary form skills and profound psychoanalysis, it is only meaningful to serve the moral concern. It can be seen that the moral concern in Levis’s criticism is the most valuable thing in literary works, which is also an important critique of his evaluation of the greatness of a novel. Weller also pointed out that judging the value of literature is the study of the significance of literature, he said: ”The work of art is