华忱之是中国现代文学学科第一代研究者、建国后四川大学现代文学学科的重要奠基人,他的学术研究成果长期未得到应有的重视。对抗战文学的关注、对学术研究融贯古今中西的要求、对作家作品抱持理解同情的强调,是其现代文学研究的重要特征。而这一特征又是与他大学时代耳濡目染的清华学风密不可分的。 Hua Chen is the first generation of modern Chinese literature researcher, after the founding of Sichuan University, an important founder of modern literature, his academic research results have not been given due attention. Concerns about the literature of war, its emphasis on understanding the compassion and sympathy of writers’ works for the academic research to meet the requirements of both China and the West, is an important feature of its research on modern literature. This feature is closely related to the Tsinghua school style which is influenced by his college days.