加达默尔的艺术理论改变了读者在整个艺术活动中的地位 ,为文艺研究范式的转换带来了新的可能性 ,但其艺术理论却并非以读者为核心。本文在澄清这一事实的基础上指出 ,加达默尔的艺术理论是作品存在论 ,具有显著的辩证特性 ,据此 ,才与作者中心论、读者中心论、作品形式论具有了本质区别 ,从而成为 2 0世纪西方独树一帜的理论流派 Gadamer’s theory of art has changed readers’ position in the whole art activity, bringing new possibilities for the transformation of the paradigm of literature and art research. However, his art theory is not based on readers. On the basis of clarifying this fact, this article points out that Gadamer’s art theory is an existential work, which has significant dialectical features. Based on this, Gadamer’s theory of art is essentially different from author-centered theory, reader-centered theory and formalism theory. Which became the unique theoretical school in the West in the 20th century