文学是文化总体结构中不可缺少的一部分。但是，长期以来，文化在文学中的地位始终未得到重视，甚至将二者看成互不相关之物，以至于限制了文学作品的深入发展与繁荣，也影响了文化的继承与改造。直到新时期文学特别是“寻根”文学的出现，文化才逐渐成为众多作家和批评家追求的目标，文化在文学中的地位才凸现出来。 Literature is an indispensable part of the overall structure of culture. However, for a long period of time, the status of culture in literature has not been given any attention and even the two have been regarded as unrelated to each other. As a result, the in-depth development and prosperity of literary works have been limited and the inheritance and transformation of culture have also been affected. Until the advent of literature in the new age, especially the “root-seeking” literature, culture gradually became the goal pursued by many writers and critics, and the status of culture in literature became apparent.