《小说的语言》和《小说的艺术》是英国批评家戴维·洛奇写于不同时期的两部小说批评著作,反映了作者不同的批评观。《小说的语言》最初于1966年出版问世,通过论证小说的语言也同诗歌的语言一样,戴维·洛奇构建起了以新批评为主的小说批评观,对一些问题的论述有明显的偏执和牵强附会现象。待到1992年《小说的艺术》一书问世之时,戴维·洛奇的小说批评观已不再拘泥于新批评,不论是论述角度,还是有关小说的批评方法,都有明显的变化和提升。通过对比这两部著作可以发现,戴维·洛奇经过了近30年的不懈努力,使小说批评观从最初的青涩走向了成熟。戴维·洛奇小说批评观的不断升华和自我完善,不仅让我们看到了持之以恒这种学术精神的可贵,更为当下中国文论的构建与发展提供诸多启示。 “The Language of the Fiction” and “The Art of the Fiction” are the two novel criticisms written by British critic David Lodge in different periods, which reflect the author’s different views on criticism. “The Language of the Novel” was first published in 1966. By arguing that the language of the novel is also the same as that of poetry, David Lodge built a novel criticism based mainly on new criticism. Some of the issues discussed are clear Paranoid and far-fetched attachments. Until the publication of “The Art of Fiction” in 1992, David Lodge’s criticism of novels has no longer rigidly adhered to the new criticism. Both his point of view and the method of criticizing the novel have obvious changes. Enhance. By comparing these two books, it can be found that after nearly 30 years of hard work, David Lodge has made the criticism of fiction mature from the early Sentimentalism. The continuous sublimation and self-improvement of the criticism of David Lodge’s novels not only allow us to see the preciousness of the academic spirit of perseverance, but also provide much enlightenment for the construction and development of contemporary Chinese literary theory.