作为中国当代文学的中心话语，“人民性”不仅是一种文学立场或观念，也是对于“人民共和国”主体的想象，并参与和支配着20世纪50年代“中国当代文学”的建制与生产。从“国民性”的知识分子启蒙叙事到“人民性”的国家论述，表征着20世纪中国新文学主体想象发生了深层的衍变，也表征着作为“普遍现代性”的“民族国家”观念在近现代中国社会变革中的另种可能性。","‘The people ’ s character ’ , as the dominant discourse of contemporary Chinese literature , is not only a literary position or notion but also an imagination of the subjectivity of ‘the People ’ s Republic ’ .It dominates the construction and production of ‘contemporary Chinese literature ’ .Form the intellectual enlight-ening narration of ‘nationality ’ to the official discourses upon ‘the people ’ s character ’ , many deep-seated changes arise in the narration and imagination of subjectivity of Chinese new literature in the 20 th century .