自党的十一届三中全会以来,新时期的文学理论伴随着中国改革开放的伟大事业,在风雨兼程中已走过了近三十年的光辉历程。如何认真总结新时期文学理论发展的经验和教训,冷静、客观地评价新时期以来我国文艺学学科的基本状况,这已成为时代赋予广大理论工作者不容推卸的历史责任。因为只有通过这种实事求是的总结和反思,我们才有可能在面对成绩的同时发现妨碍学科建设和发展的因素和问题,从而促进我们在进一步的探讨中沿着正确的途径前进。为此,我受《甘肃社会科学》编辑部董汉河先生的委托,组织了这次关于新时期文学理论发展的回顾与反思的笔谈,希望能对深入展开关于新时期文学理论发展史的研究有所裨益。 Since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, the literary theory of the new era has accompanied the brilliant cause of China’s reform and opening up and has passed the glorious course of nearly three decades during the course of trials and hardships. How to conscientiously sum up experiences and lessons learned in the development of literary theory in the new era and appraise the basic situation of our country’s literature and art history calmly and objectively has become a historical responsibility that the times can not shirk the theoretical workers. Only through such summarization and reflection of seeking truth from facts will we be able to find out the factors and problems that hinder the construction and development of disciplines in the face of achievements so as to promote us to follow the right path in further discussions. For this reason, I was entrusted by Mr. Dong Hanhe, Editorial Department of Gansu Social Science, to organize this review on the retrospect and reflection of the development of literary theory in the new era and hoped that the study on the history of the development of literary theory in the new era would be conducted in depth benefit.