80年代初期,英国两所举世闻名的大学——牛津大学和剑桥大学,由师生们发起了一场激烈的争论,争论的问题是:“英语文学”教学大纲应包括什么内容?它的连锁反应便是对文学价值、评价标准、文学经典确立的讨论。激进的批评家发出了“重新解读伟大的传统”的吁请;而大学教授则认为:“传授和保护英国文学的经典是我们的职责。”这看似一场学院里的争论,却被严肃传媒认为“一半是政治性的,一半是学术性的”。类似的讨论在西方其它国家也同样存在。而事实上,经典的确立与颠覆从来也没有终止过。文学史,从某种意义上也可以说,就是经典的确立与颠覆的历史。荷兰的著名学者佛克 In the early 1980s, two world famous universities in the UK, Oxford and Cambridge, launched a fierce debate between teachers and students. The questions raised are: What should be included in the English Literature syllabus? The chain reaction is the discussion of literary values, evaluation criteria and literary classics. Radical critics have called for a “reinterpretation of the great tradition,” while university professors believe that “it is our duty to teach and protect the classics of English literature.” “This seems like a debate in college, Serious media, however, considered ”half as political and half as academic." Similar discussions exist in other Western countries as well. In fact, the classic establishment and subversion never stopped. Literary history, in a certain sense, can also be said that the classic history of the establishment and subversion. The famous Dutch scholar Fokker