要解决比较诗学史上重要课题中国有无史诗,相当重要的是从史诗的定义与所指来囿别区分。由于文学文体的替变,中国史诗逐渐消亡,这与中国文明从古代宗教核心向人文主义观念转型有关。《诗经》中关于英雄大禹的诗歌其实就是中国式的史诗,本文从甲骨文字中的有关记载与诗歌艺术的结合中,认为中国史诗从文体与观念上与西方古代史诗有所不同。从比较诗学的角度看,不同文明有自己不同的史诗文学传统。
To answering the comparative literature question of "if there were epics in China", its important to clarify the definition and referent of the concept "epics". The extinction of Chinese epics was resulted from the transformation from the ancient religious worship to the humanistic ideas of Chinese civilization. The poems about Da Yu in The Book of Songs are actually the evidence of Chinese epics. Combining some records in oracles inscriptions with the analysis of poetry, we find that there is a concept of epic which is different from that in the Western literature in terms of style and ideas. From the perspective of comparative poetics, different civilizations have different epic literary traditions.