不管文学史家是否愿意面对,当他开始构撰一部文学史的时候,总绕不开“历史”的“影响”,这“历史”特指中外文学史的写作历史。具体到本文要讨论的这本刚刚出版的《插图本中国现代文学发展史》(以下简称“插图史”),更指向中国文学史的写作历史。单从书名“说文解字”,“插图本 Regardless of whether literary historians are willing to face or not, when he begins to construct a literary history, there is always no “influence” of “history,” which specifically refers to the history of the writing of Chinese and foreign literary history. This article just to be discussed in this article is just published “Illustrated History of Modern Chinese Literature” (hereinafter referred to as “Illustrated History”), but also points to the writing history of Chinese literature. From the book title “Shuowen Jiezi”, "illustrations