文学社会学,侧重于研究文学与社会的关系,进行所谓文学的外部研究,一度名声不好。这主要是因为在极左年代,文学社会学的研究脱离文学的审美属性,常被用来证明“左”的政治命题,强化文学的“战斗武器作用”。随着“左”倾政治的恶性发展,社会发展越来越偏离正常轨道,文学研究中的“革命性”要求与正常的人性越来越对立,政治与审美的冲突日趋激烈,一些研究者听命于“左”的政治,扭曲文学的审美本 Literary sociology, focusing on the study of the relationship between literature and society, the so-called literature of external research, was a bad reputation. This is mainly because in the very left of the age, the study of the sociology of literature broke away from the aesthetic properties of literature and was often used to prove the political proposition of “Leftist” and to reinforce the role of literature in “fighting weapons.” With the vicious development of “left ” politics, social development is deviating from the normal track more and more. The “revolutionary” requirement in literary studies is increasingly opposed to normal human nature. The conflict between politics and the aesthetic is becoming increasingly fierce. Some researchers listen to the politics of “Leftist” and distort the literary aesthetic