茅盾,作为中国现代文学史上功绩卓著的文学巨匠,既是伟大的作家,又是杰出的文艺评论家。在这两方面,他都给我们留下了极为珍贵的财富。长期以来,我们对于作为伟大作家的茅盾的研究还比较广泛而深入,但对于作为杰出的文艺评论家的茅盾,尚缺乏全面而系统的研究。正如周扬《在全国首届茅盾研究学术讨论会上的讲话》中所说:“我觉得好象存在这样一种认识,就是只把茅盾看成是个大作家,而对作为编辑、评论家的茅盾的贡献,研究得比较少,评价不够。我认为,茅盾同志不仅是一个作家,而且作为一个评论家,甚至解放后主要是个评论家,应该有他的历史地位。我并不是说他的评论 Mao Dun, as a well-known literary master in the history of modern Chinese literature, is both a great writer and an outstanding literary critic. In both respects, he has left us an extremely valuable asset. For a long time, our research on Mao Dun as a great writer has been extensive and in-depth. However, Mao Dun, an outstanding literary and art critic, lacks comprehensive and systematic research. As Zhou Yang said in his speech at the First Mao Dun Research Symposium: "I think it seems as if there is such a realization that Mao Dun is only regarded as a major writer. For Mao Dun, who is an editor and critic, Contribution, research is less, evaluation is not enough .In my opinion, Comrade Mao Dun not only as a writer, but also as a critic, even after the liberation of a major critic, should have his historical status .I do not say his comments