The defining attribute of good literary criticism should be just and concrete analyses. In other words,good literary criticism is not only the process of looking for beauty,but also the activity for people to find fault,which can be offensive sometimes but reflect the critical rationality of intellectuals. It is also the activity that embodies the sense of justice which should be pursued by the intellectuals,and it is a dialogue and consultation in which the critics can share level playing field with their objects. This is the quality and aspect that should be possessed by good,effective literary criticism in my understanding. At present,we have a lot of popular but empty literary criticism,which can be put into four major categories:the first type tends to be a mixture of various kinds of theories and “-isms”,which make a simple issue unbearably complex;the second one usually focuses on a pseudo-issue which contains little substance;the third one can be called “castrated criticism”;and in the fourth form the critics act more like a nitpicker. A common feature shared by these types of literary criticism is that they seem to be full of all kinds of “sense” and “issues”,but actually they are empty talks with little reason and substance.%好的文学批评应该具有“正义”与“及物”的内在属性：好的文学批评不仅是在“寻美”，更是一种敢于冒犯、体现知识分子批判理性的“求疵”过程，是散发着知识分子正义的“及物”活动，是批评者“不低于”批评对象的对话与“问诊”——这是我所理解的高明、有效的文学批评应该具有的品质和向度。当前文学批评中流行的“不及物”批评形态包括“化简为繁”式义理叠加、“邻猫生子”式的伪问题、“砍头割脚”式的阉割批评模式和“求全责备”式的错位标尺判断，其共同特征在于看似充满了各种“理性”和“问题”，实是“不及物”或是非理性的胡搅蛮缠。
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