“歌谣文理,与世推移。”当今的世界文艺同过去的那些年代相比,发生了很大变化。许许多多的新情况、新问题是马克思恩格斯等经典作家所不曾遇到过的。这就需要理论工作者与时俱进,在马克思主义文艺思想基本原理的指导下,对其进行创造性的研究和探索,将马克思主义文艺理论不断地向前推进。中国社会科学院外国文学研究所吴元迈研究员正是这样做的。吴先生学识渊博,视野开阔,既有深厚的文艺理论功底和多方面的艺术修养,又有强烈的探索精神。新时期以来,他 “Folk songs and songs, the world is changing. ” The world of literature and art today compared with those of the past, great changes have taken place. There are so many new situations and new problems that classical writers such as Marx and Engels have never encountered before. This requires theoretical workers to keep pace with the times and carry out creative research and exploration under the guidance of the basic principles of Marxist literature and art theory so as to push the marxist literary theory forward. Wu Yuanmai, a researcher at the Institute of Foreign Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, did precisely that. Mr. Wu has profound knowledge and broad vision, both profound theoretical foundation of literature and art and many aspects of artistic accomplishment, as well as a strong exploration spirit. Since the new era, he