“十七年”时期的《人民文学》是中华全国文学工作者协会(1953年10月改为中国作家协会)的机关刊物,在全国大大小小的文学期刊中占据着毋庸置疑的权威地位,它的封面也以自身的“时代特征”而成为“十七年”历程中别具深意的文化现象。自1949年10月至1966年5月,《人民文学》出版1 The “People’s Literature” during the “17-year” period is an organ publication of the All-China Literary Workers Association (changed to the Chinese Writers Association in October 1953), occupying an undoubted authority in literary journals of all nationalities, large and small, Its cover also has its own “characteristics of the times” and has become a profound cultural phenomenon during “17 years”. From October 1949 to May 1966, People’s Literature was published