什么是马克思主义文艺理论?要回答这个问题,首先需要界定什么是马克思主义。关于后一个问题,可以有不同角度、侧面的多种解答,本文采用恩格斯的经典论述。恩格斯在《社会主义从空想到科学的发展》一文中说:“这两个伟大的发现——唯物主义历史观和通过剩余价值揭破资本主义生产的秘密,都应当归功于马克思。由于这些发现,社会主义已经变成了科学……。”1也就是说,在恩格斯看来,作为一种理论或学说,社会主义从空想转变为 What is the Marxist theory of literature and art? To answer this question, we must first define what is Marxism. On the latter issue, you can have a variety of angles, the side of the many kinds of answers, this article uses Engels’s classic discussion. Engels said in his article entitled “Socialism from Utopian to Scientific Development:” These two great discoveries-the historical materialism and the secrets of exposing capitalist production through surplus value-should all be attributed to Marx. “As these discoveries , Socialism has become a science .... ”1 In other words, in Engels’s opinion, as a theory or doctrine, socialism has changed from an imaginary