马修·阿诺德因文化批评为人熟知,古典主义文学观是研究其文化思想的基石。研究阿诺德的古典主义文学观离不开对其时代背景的考察,其文学观的意义与其时代密切关联。他对希腊精神的选择是对时代需求的考量,他的古典主义文学观是对古典文学与现代文学的重新审视,因而具有现代性,所以对当代文学批评与文化发展具有借鉴性。 Matthew Arnold is well known for his cultural criticism, and the classical literature view is the cornerstone of his cultural thinking. Studying Arnold’s classical literature view can not be separated from the investigation of the background of his time. The significance of his literary view is closely related to his time. His choice of Greek spirit is a consideration of the needs of the times. His classicism literature view is a re-examination of classical literature and modern literature, so it has modernity, so it has reference for contemporary literary criticism and cultural development.