一长期以来,作为文艺学的教学与研究人员,本人与诸多同行一样,经常遇到这样一个问题的困扰:文艺学(或文学理论,文学学)是有价值的吗?我这里说的发难者并非是指那些处在知识场域之外的人士,他们对所有缺乏实用价值的东西都普遍抱有怀疑立场,他们的责难其实也适用于例如“哲学有什么用”、“人类学有什么好处”之类的质疑,他们蔽于常识,无意于从纯粹知识角度来追求认知的满足,因而 For a long time, as a teaching and research staff in literature and art, I, like many colleagues, often encountered the problem of whether literature and art (or literary theory and literature) was valuable? It does not mean that those who are outside the field of knowledge generally hold skepticism about all things lacking in practical value. Their censure actually applies to, for example, what is the use of philosophy, anthropology What are the benefits? "They challenge themselves to common sense and do not intend to pursue cognitive satisfaction from a purely intellectual perspective, thus