一、研究的前提、依据和目的“信仰文学时期”这一概念,源自北京师范大学王向远教授在其著作《东方文学史通论》中对东方文学历史发展提出的一种新的分期方法,它有别于传统文学史研究对文学发展阶段分期。他将东方文学的发展划分为“信仰的文学时代”、“贵族化的文学时代”等五个历史阶段。笔者认为,这种分期方式不仅具有打破文学史分期固有模式的独创性,在某种程度上也具有将其从东方文学史研究发扬延伸到西方文学史研究领域的泛用性和合理性。所 First, the premise, basis and purpose of the research The concept of “belief in literature” came from Professor Wang Xiangyuan of Beijing Normal University in his book The General Theory of Oriental Literature proposed a new staging method for the development of oriental literature , Which is different from the traditional literary history of the stages of the development of literature staging. He divided the development of oriental literature into five historical stages such as “Literature Age of Faith ” and “Aristocratic Literary Age ”. In my opinion, this kind of staging method not only has the originality of breaking the inherent mode of staging of literary history, but also has the generality and rationality of extending it from the research and development of oriental literary history to the research of western literary history to some extent. The