时间过得真快。屈指算来,《文艺理论与批评》已经走过了整整三十个年头。为什么要创办这样一个刊物?粉碎“四人帮”之后,经过拨乱反正,文艺思想日趋活跃,但活跃之中也存在某种乱象。针对文艺界的问题,一些同志觉得,为保障社会主义文艺事业的健康发展,必须巩固和加强马克思主义在文艺领域的指导地位。1985年9月,邓小平同志在中国共产党全国代表会议上指出:“现在我还想提出一个新的要求,这不仅是专对新干部,对老同志也同 time flies. As a matter of fact, the theory and criticism of literature and art has come a full thirty years. Why should we create such a publication? After smashing the ”Gang of Four,“ after the disorganization, the ideology of literature and art has become increasingly active, but there is also some chaos in the activity. In response to the issue of literary and art circles, some comrades think that in order to safeguard the healthy development of the socialist literature and art, we must consolidate and strengthen the guiding position of Marxism in the field of literature and art. In September 1985, Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out at the meeting of the National People’s Congress of the Chinese Communist Party: ”Now I want to make a new request. This is not only for the new cadres, but also for the old comrades