本文从传播学的角度研究文艺批评的功能。文艺批评在本质上也是一种传播活动 ,它通过对文艺作品的批评 ,向欣赏者传播文艺信息。文艺批评的传播功能主要表现在两方面 :释义与评价。前者指批评家探求与挖掘文艺作品意义的功能。文艺作品的意义潜藏在艺术语言或隐或显的表现与传达之中。后者指批评家对作品审美价值鉴别、审度和判断。这种评价既有对具体可感形式的审美评价 ,也包括对作品思想内蕴的审美评价。文艺批评的传播功能就是在释义与评价的动态中完成的 This article studies the function of literary criticism from the perspective of communication science. Literary criticism is essentially a dissemination activity, which disseminates literary and artistic information to appreciators through the criticism of literary and artistic works. The dissemination of literary and art criticism is mainly manifested in two aspects: interpretation and evaluation. The former refers to the critics to explore and tap the meaning of literary and artistic works. The significance of literary and artistic works lies in the expression and communication of artistic language. The latter refers to the critics of the aesthetic value of works identification, review and judgment. This kind of evaluation includes not only the aesthetic evaluation of specific sensible forms, but also the aesthetic evaluation of the inner meaning of works. The function of the dissemination of literary criticism is completed in the dynamic of interpretation and evaluation