《〈红岩〉是怎样炼成的》围绕着《红岩》的生产与消费过程,呈现了丰富的历史细节,是把“红色经典”做成文化研究的成功之作。此书给人的启发是,“红色经典”在其经典化建构中同时动用了两种经典化的生成方式,故在特殊的历史时期能风靡一时。但由于其文学价值不足,阐释空间有限,从而使后来的文学研究陷入到某种困窘之中。“红色经典”作为政治文化产品,实际上是社会主义的文化工业机器生产出来的大众文化。借助于民族志、接受研究和厚描等文化研究方法,往往能重构文学现场,形成新的发现。 “Hong Yan” is how to make it “around the” Hong Yan “production and consumption process, showing a wealth of historical details, is the” red classic “made of cultural success of the study. Inspired by this book, ”Red Classics“ uses two classical ways of generating at the same time in its classic construction, so it can be popular in special historical periods. However, due to its lack of literary value and limited space for interpretation, later literary studies fell into some embarrassment. ”Red Classic " as a political and cultural product is actually a mass culture produced by the socialist cultural and industrial machinery. With the help of ethnography, cultural studies such as accepting research and thick descriptions, it is often possible to reconstruct the literary scene and create new discoveries.