在有关“粤派批评”的讨论中,有评论家提出:粤派批评可以发展成为中国文艺批评的“实证学派”。论者说:目前活跃在文艺学术领域的许多粤籍学者,是以实证功夫见长的,一个较为明显的标志,就是这些人,如陈平原、洪子诚、黄修己等,大都表现为文学史家,而不是文艺理论家或评论家。并不是说粤派批评缺乏文艺思想或者不从事文艺评论,而是说,相对于思想性与理论性而言,实证风格在他们身上表现得更为突出。这 In the discussion on “criticism of the Cantonese faction”, some critics have suggested that the Cantonese faction criticizes the “positivist school” that can develop into Chinese literary criticism. According to the commentator: Many of the Cantonese scholars currently active in the field of literary and art scholarship have witnessed substantial evidence. One obvious sign is that these people, such as Chen Pingyuan, Hong Zicheng and Huang Xiuji, mostly behaved as literary historians rather than Literary theorist or critic. It does not mean that Yuepai criticizes the lack of literature or art criticism, but rather that the positivist style is more prominent on them than the ideological and theoretical aspects. This