《上海文学》开展对恩格斯现实主义典型观的讨论,是一件有益于文学创作和文学批评的好事。毋庸讳言,在我国文学界确实存在着一种将“真实地再现典型环境中的典型人物”作为公式到处套用,以致产生简单化、概念化的不良倾向。所以,认真讨论恩格斯典型观的精神实质,将对进一步发展粉碎“四人帮”以来我国文学事业空前繁荣的大好局面,起积极的作用。 “Shanghai Literature” to discuss the typical view of Engels realism, is a good thing for literary creation and literary criticism. Needless to say, there is indeed a tendency in our literary world to simplify and conceptualize the phenomenon of “applying the typical characters in a typical environment” as formulas. Therefore, earnestly discussing the spiritual essence of Engels’s typical outlook will play an active role in further developing the excellent situation in which our literature career is unprecedentedly prosperous since the smashing of the “gang of four.”