民族高校的民间文学课程建设与学科发展问题

民间文学作为民族高校一门重要的基础课程,囿于学科起点的迟缓性、学科地位的＂民间＂性、学科内容的＂草根＂性,长期得不到＂合法＂身份而处于＂边缘＂地位,其学科特色被遮蔽,学科发展受阻碍。将民间文学从＂边缘＂学科建设成＂特色＂学科,有四项可行举措：一是思想意识上高度重视民间文学课程,大力促进民间文学学科建设;二是确立民间文学独立的学科地位,以充分彰显其功能和价值;三是充分利用民间文学的＂民间＂特色,建立田野调查研究基地,发挥民间文学的实践效应;四是加强民间文学的理论研究,以理论特色促进并提升其学术地位。

Curriculum Construction and Subject Development for Folk Litarature at the Universities for Nationalities

As an important basic course at Universities for Nationalities, folk literature is confined to the starting point of flaccid discipline, disciplinary status of ＂folk＂ nature, and subject contents of the ＂grassroots＂. From chronic lack of legal status, it has been in the ＂marginal＂ status for quite a long time with its subject characteristics obscured and discipline development hindered. With regard to folk literature＇ s transition of ＂marginality＂ towards ＂characteristics＂, there are four feasible initiatives： first, attaching great importance on folk literature courses ideologically, and vigorously promoting folk literature discipline; second, establishing the independent status of folk literature to fully demon strate its function and value third, making full use of folk literature s ＂folk＂ characteristics, estab lishing fieldwork research base and playing its practical effect; fourth, strengthening theoretical study on the folk literature in order to promote and enhance its academic status by means of their theoretical characteristics.