近几年自“方法论热”兴起以来,曾先后出过一些有关文艺学方法论的专著,这是十分可喜的。但有的专著往往只有对西方各种方法的介绍,它虽然林林总总,洋洋洒洒,但不免令人眼花缭乱,不知所从。这一客观效果,似乎有悖于文艺学方法研究的初衷。然而,陈鸣树教授的新著《文艺学方法概论》(上海文艺出版社1991年出版,以下简称《概论》)则不同,它虽然面世较晚,却表现出一种思维和体系的优异性、超越性,其中闪现着一种智慧的思想火花。在文艺学研究中,方法有三个层次:“一般方法是最高层的方法,即思维方法或称哲学方法、特殊方法即运用到文学这个领域的各种方法、具体(个别)方法即适合于各别具 Since the rise of the “methodology fever” in recent years, some monographs on the methodology of literary theory have been published, which is very gratifying. However, some monographs are often only introduced to the various western methods. Although there are numerous and eloquent ones, they can not help but make people dazzled. This objective effect seems to run counter to the original intention of the study of literary methodology. However, Professor Chen Mingshu’s new “Introduction to Literary Methods” (published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House in 1991, hereinafter referred to as “Introduction”) is different. Although it came out later, it shows the superiority of thinking and system. Sex, which flashed a spark of wisdom. In the study of literature and art, the method has three levels: "The general method is the highest method, that is, the thinking method or the philosophical method, and the special method is the various methods applied to the field of literature. The specific method is suitable for each Unique