简笔精写"瘦身"文学史——秦兆基主编《文学苏州》评论

《文学苏州》属于"瘦身"文学史,简笔精写,量身定做,其结构特点与文字表述,均体现了文学史写作的"适度"原则。全书每一章的综述要言不烦,点到即止,不枝不蔓,以近三分之二的空间容纳作品,体现了以史为导、以读为重的编写特点,让读者文史两兼,多思而广得,体感而深受。这对于改变当下文学史写作臃肿而无节制的现象,不无启迪意义。

Compiling the History of Chinese Literature with Brief Strokes:A Review of Literary Suzhou by Qin Zhaoji

literary Suzhou is a brief history of Chinese literature,whose framework,structural characteristics and expressions all follow the moderate principle in writing literary history.The survey in each chapter in this book is clear and concise,and two-thirds of each chapter is devoted to literary works,which reflect the features of taking history as guidance and focusing more on reading so that the reader can benefit much from both the history and the literature simultaneously.This book will offer much enlighten...