论阅读史研究的“症候”路径

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[中图分类号] G230 [文献标识码] A [文章编号] 1009-5853（2026）02-0118-11

On the “Symptomatic” Approach in the History of Reading Research

Ouyang Min

（Center for Media Development Studies/ School of Journalism and Communication， Wuhan University， Wuhan， 430072）

[Abstract] Through close textual readings of Roger Chartier's major works on the history of reading， this article characterizes his research approach as a “symptomatic” approach. By this， it means that historians of reading recognize the many difficulties involved in explaining the relationships among texts produced by authors， books produced by publishers， and readers. On the theoretical level， Chartier mainly draws on conceptual tools such as textual poaching， habitus， representation， and Wirkungsgeschichte （history of effects/reception history） to remedy these “symptoms”， thereby achieving a subtle balance between the structural properties of texts and readers’ agency. Methodologically， Chartier primarily identifies and interprets readers’ practices of meaning appropriation and delineates the “interpretive communities” to which readers belong， so as to reveal the complex relationship between readers and texts. Chartier’s symptomatic approach tends to privilege readers’ agency， and it engages less in dialogue with scholars associated with structuralist orientations， such as Durkheim.

[Key words] History of reading Roger Chartier Annales School Foucault Hermeneutics

作为年鉴学派第四代中最具代表性的学者，罗杰·夏蒂埃（Roger Chartier）以其出色的阅读史（书籍史）研究闻名于欧美书籍史学界。（剩余15769字）