40年代,在中国自觉地遵循现代主义诗学原则从事诗歌批评的人寥寥无几。袁可嘉和唐湜可以说是其中凤毛麟角的代表人物。两人同是“中国新诗”派的主要干将,也被公认为是这一流派在诗歌理论和批评上的代言人。作为批评家,两人都竭力在当时的历史条件下为一场自觉的“与西方现代派不同的中 In the 1940s, very few people engaged in poetic criticism in China consciously following the principles of modernist poetry. Yuan Kejia and Tang Huan can be said to be among the very few of the representatives. Both of them are also the chief cadres of the ”Chinese New Poetry School," and they are also recognized as the spokespersons of this genre in poetry theory and criticism. As critics, both tried their best to be conscious under the historical conditions of the time