《上海文学》评论员在该刊一九七九年第四期发表了题为《为文艺正名》的文章,认为“‘文艺是阶级斗争的工具’这个提法,如果仅仅限制在指某一部分文艺作品(对象)所具有的某一种社会功能这个范围内,那么,它是合理的。如果把对象扩大,说全部文艺作品都是阶级斗争的工具,说文艺作品全部功能就是阶级斗争的工具,那么,原来合理就变成了歪理”。这篇文章的出发点无疑是试图批判林彪、“四人帮”的“左” Commentators in “Shanghai Literature” published an article titled “Correct Names for Literature and Art” in the fourth issue of the journal in 1979, stating that “the expression” art is the tool of class struggle “is only limited to a certain part If it extends the object and says that all literary and artistic works are tools of class struggle, saying that the full function of literary and artistic works is a tool of class struggle , Then, turned out to be reasonable reason. The starting point for this article is undoubtedly an attempt to criticize the ”Left"