西方马克思主义文论崛起于20、30年代,兴盛于60、70年代,在80、90年代继续发展、深化,成为20世纪西方文论的一方重镇。在走向21世纪的时刻,梳理和总结西方马克思主义文论在本世纪关注的核心问题,无疑是有意义的。佩里·安德森(P.Andersen)1983年在威勒克(R.Wellek)学术讲座上发表了 The rise of Western Marxist literary theory in the 1920s and 1930s flourished in the 60s and 70s and continued to develop and deepen in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a major center of Western literary theory in the 20th century. As we move towards the 21st century, it is doubtless to make sense to sort out and summarize the core issues that Western Marxist literary theory has been paying attention to in this century. P. Andersen published at the 1983 academic lecture at R. Wellek