从古到今,无论中外,文学的社会功用都是非常重要的一部分内容,古代的先贤圣人也早已提出了自己的主张,比如我国的孔子和希腊的亚里士多德,他们都是中西方文艺理论和美学思想的重要奠基人,为中西方文艺理论的发展奠定了坚实的基础,开辟了发展道路。在文学的社会功用方面,他们的见解有一定的相似性,但也有很大不同,这是由多方面的原因造成的。本文将对其异同进行简单的分析比较。 Since ancient times, no matter at home and abroad, the social function of literature is a very important part of the content, ancient sages have long put forward their own ideas, such as our country’s Confucius and Greece’s Aristotle, they are both Western Literature and art theory and aesthetics of the important founder, for the development of Chinese and Western literature and art theory has laid a solid foundation, opened up the development path. In the social function of literature, their opinions have some similarities, but there are also very different opinions. This is caused by many reasons. This article will conduct a simple analysis and comparison of similarities and differences.