《子夜》是茅盾的代表作之一,也是我国文学史上首部带有政治性质的小说。自《子夜》问世以来,文学界对其主题解读和文学价值呈现出不同的观念,一方面《子夜》从历史观的角度批判了社会秩序市场的混乱现象,对左翼文学做出了重要的贡献,主体思想蕴含这丰富的历史价值和社会价值;另一方面不可否认的是《子夜》由于过度的追求政治化,而在创作模式上存在一定的局限性和失误。本文就对《子夜》的文学价值进行了详细的解读,从客观的角度分析《子夜》在我国文学史中的地位 “Midnight” is one of Mao Dun’s representative works and also the first political-type novel in the history of Chinese literature. Since the advent of “Midnight,” literary circles have come up with different concepts on their theme interpretation and literary values. On the one hand, “Midnight” has criticized the chaos in the social order market from the perspective of history and made an important contribution to left-wing literature , The main idea contains this rich historical value and social value; on the other hand, it is undeniable that “Midnight” has some limitations and mistakes in the mode of creation because of excessive pursuit of politicization. This article has a detailed interpretation of the literary value of “Midnight,” and analyzes the position of “Midnight” in the history of Chinese literature from an objective point of view