1997年12月18日至19日,湖北省鲁迅学会、现代文学学会在历史名城荆州市召开了以“中国新文学的现代品格与90年代文学变革”为主题的97学术年会。会议东道主为荆州师专。来自武汉大学、华中师范大学、华中理工大学、湖北大学、湖北省社会科学院、江汉大学、湖北师范学院、武汉教育学院、湖北农学院、咸中师专、孝感师专、荆州师专、《芳草》杂志编辑部等高校和单位的五十余名代表出席了大会。 From December 18 to December 19, 1997, the Lusun Society of Hubei Province and the Institute of Modern Literature held the 97th academic annual conference titled “The Modern Character of Chinese New Literature and the Literature Revolution in the 1990s” in Jingzhou, a historic city. The meeting host is Jingzhou Teachers College. From Wuhan University, Central China Normal University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei University, Hubei Academy of Social Sciences, Jianghan University, Hubei Teachers College, Wuhan Institute of Education, Hubei Agricultural College, Xianzhong Teachers College, Xiaogan Teachers College, Jingzhou Teachers College, Grass "magazine editorial and other colleges and universities and units of more than 50 delegates attended the conference.