党月异、张廷兴编著的《明清小说研究概论》围绕明清小说的研究，构建了一个基本的研究理论框架与研究方法的学习、指导体系。全书分为明清小说研究的基本内容、明清小说的作者研究、明清小说的版本研究、明清小说的成书与传播研究、明清小说的发展阶段、明清小说的社会历史文化价值、明清小说的文学艺术价值、明清小说的批评及其方法等8部分内容。("Introduction to the Research of Novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties" edited by Dang Yueyi and Zhang Tingxing builds up a basic framework of the research theories and a system of studying and guiding principles of research methods centering on the research of novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The book falls into 8 parts: basic contents, studies on authors, studies on editions, studies on books and transmissions, studies on developing periods, social historical cultural value, literary and artistic value, and criticism and its methods of novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties. )