中国社会科学院文学所几位学者分工撰写的多卷本《文学原理》已陆续面世,王春元同志的《文学原理·作品论》即其中之一(此外还有《创造论》、《发展论》、《鉴赏论》、《批评论》各卷)。“文学概论”、“文学原理”一类的体系性著作总是一定时期的创作实践和理论实践的综合总结。虽然中国古代就有类似“文学原理”的著作,如《文心雕龙》等,但应该说,作为一种现代的文学学术文化方式,“文学概论”、“文学原理”一类的著作,在中国是现代文学知识和现代文学教育的产物,是引进西方文 The “Principles of Literature” written by several scholars in the division of literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has been published one after another. Comrade Wang Chunyuan’s “Theory of Literature and Works” is one of them (in addition to “Creation Theory” Appreciation Theory, Criticism Volume). The systematic works such as Introduction to Literature and Literary Theory are always the summary of creative practice and theoretical practice in a certain period of time. Although there are works in ancient China such as The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, it should be said that as a modern literary and academic culture, books such as Introduction to Literature and Literary Theory, In China, it is the product of modern literature and modern literature education, and the introduction of western languages