上万年的历史长河孕育出了灿烂多姿的历史文化,几千年的文化长河孕育出了光彩陆离的文学艺术。本文试图通过对中外文学作品的分析,阐述文学作品所肩负着的社会责任,即:文学作品蕴含了深沉的历史使命感,文学作品表达了对宇宙人生的精神关怀,文学作品借助对大自然的描绘传达价值观念,文学作品可以引导社会理想。 Thousands of years of history gave birth to the splendid history and culture, thousands of years of cultural breeders gave birth to the lofty literary arts. This article attempts to elaborate the social responsibility of literary works through the analysis of Chinese and foreign literary works, that is, literary works contain profound sense of historic mission, literary works express the spiritual concern for cosmic life, Describe the transmission of values, literature can guide social ideals.