自拙文《反本质主义文艺学如何可能》(1)发表以来,文艺学界关于“本质主义与反本质主义”问题的讨论已经持续了相当长一段时间。陶东风先生、方克强先生、南帆先生、吴炫先生、朱国华先生等诸多学界师友陆续对此进行了一些回应,澄清了不少理论问题。(2)在讨论中,大家的学术兴趣与焦点主要集中在文学基本的纯理论问题上,大家普遍较少 Since Zhuo Wen’s article, “How Can Anti-Essentialism and Literary Theory Be Possible?” (1) Since the publication of the article, the discussion on the issue of “essentialism and anti-essentialism” in literary and art circles has lasted for quite some time. Mr. Tao Dongfeng, Mr. Fang Keqiang, Mr. Nan Fan, Mr. Wu Xuan, Mr. Zhu Guohua and many other academics and teachers made some responses in succession, clarifying many theoretical issues. (2) During the discussion, everyone’s academic interests and focuses mainly on the basic pure theoretical issues of literature, and generally less