三十多年前,刘再复在阎纲《文学八年》序里写道:冲锋陷阵的评论家是文学新潮的一部分,在这一评论家群中,阎纲是杰出的,他的呐喊并不白费,他和他的战友们的呐喊无疑是新时期文学发展的文化动力之一。一切正直的作家,大约都会感激他的声音。“文革”前,阎纲的名字就不陌生,他在《文艺报》编辑岗位上竭力推荐和著文评介“三红一创”即《红旗谱》《红日》《红岩》和《创业史》,此后还有《林海雪原》《青春之歌》。尤其是《红岩》,《人民日报》发表他的 More than thirty years ago, Liu Zaifu wrote in Yan Gang’s “Eight-year Literary History” series: Critics of the strikes and strikes are part of the literary trend. In this group of critics, Yan Gang is outstanding and his shout is not in vain The cry of him and his comrades in arms is undoubtedly one of the cultural motives for the development of literature in the new era. All right writer, about will be grateful to his voice. Before the “Cultural Revolution”, Yan Gang’s name is no stranger to his editorial position in the “Wen Yi Bao”. He strongly recommended and published “Three Reds and One Creation”, “Red Flag”, “Red Sun”, “Red Rock ”And“ entrepreneurial history ”, since there are“ Snowy Forest ”“ Song of Youth. ” In particular, “Red Rock”, “People’s Daily” published his