文学在社会总体结构中的位置,是一个关系到文学本质的关键问题。过去我们对这一问题的认识是过分简单的、教条化的,有些部分甚至是错误的。本文通过重新审理社会的三大结构要素经济基础、意识形态、上层建筑的关系,对文学在社会结构中的存在进行更精确地分析和定位。 The position of literature in the general structure of society is a key issue that concerns the nature of literature. In the past, our understanding of this issue was simplistic, dogmatic, and some were even wrong. By reviewing the economic foundation, ideology and superstructure of the three major structural elements of society, this article analyzes and locates the existence of literature in the social structure more accurately.