麦克尔·怀尔丁是澳大利亚著名的“新派”作家,也是澳大利亚“新左翼”文学批评的代表人物。他主张重拾作品的社会政治意义;反对“新批评”将文学作品与社会政治语境隔绝的做法,主张文学与主流意识形态对话;摒弃“新批评”僵化而冷酷的形式主义,强调对“人”的关注;认为“新批评”学者撰写的文学史过于狭隘,主张重写激进文学史。 Michael Wyderding is a famous “new school” writer in Australia and a representative of Australia’s “New Left” literary criticism. He advocated to restore the social and political significance of his works. He opposed the practice of isolating the literary works from the social and political context of “New Criticism”, advocating the dialogue between literature and the mainstream ideology, and abandoning the rigid and cruel formalism of “new criticism” , Emphasizing “people ” concern; think “new criticism ” scholar wrote the history of literature is too narrow, advocate rewriting the history of radical literature.