Abstract:

A review and comment on the history of study on modern fiction enables people to know well its century-old research outline and weak points, and enables scholars to realize what are emphases and methodological improvements of further studies.The book of On the History of Study on Modern Chinese Fiction has done some valuable work in this respect.The slogan, "Rewrite the History of Literature", has been put forth for more than twenty years, and writings on the literary history have been published one after another.But there is no essential methodological difference among various writing modes, if viewed from the angle of research history.It shows that the first task is to reconstruct the foundation of literary history, including a study on the research history of literature.

Key words: On the History of Study on Modern Chinese Fiction, rewrite the history of literature, reconstruct the foundation of literary history