中山大学教授林岗著、北京大学出版社2011年版的《口述与案头》一书(以下简称《案头》),由汉语文学是否有史诗传统这个学术公案作为楔子,用当代世界仍存的史诗传唱活动和中土文学生成及发展脉络的史实,通过逐层剖析,得出汉语文学没有口述史诗的文学传统,却有案头传统的结论。汉语文学的案头传统不比希腊等西方的口述传统逊色,它也是彪炳千古的文学传统。该书在不断否定 Sun Yat-sen Professor Lin Gang, Peking University Press, 2011 edition of “Oral and Desk” (hereinafter referred to as “desk”), by the Chinese literature is epic tradition of this academic act as a wedge, with the contemporary world epics still sung Activities and the historical facts of the formation and development of Chinese and Turkish literature, through the layer-by-layer analysis, we can conclude the literary tradition of Chinese literature without oral epics, but with the traditional conclusion. The desk tradition of Chinese literature is no less favorable than the oral traditions of the West such as Greece. It is also an age-old literary tradition. The book is constantly denied