本书尝试从四个方面展开对民初与文学革命关系的探讨。本书是按照时间线索展开的：第一章聚焦于作为文学史话语的民国元年；第二章分析作为文学革命背景的进人民国后的共和文坛新变化；第三章立足于《新青年》与《甲寅》等刊物的差异及其与读者的互动讨论，重构民初时段文学革命发生时的历史图景；第四章阐释文学革命发生后，《新青年》同人对民初文坛的批判，以及舆论界对文学革命的接受。(This book attempts to discuss the relationship between the situation of early Republic Period and literary revolution in four ways, which is written in a chronological order. Chapter 1 focuses on the year of 1912 when the new-vernacular literature started; Chapter 2 analyzes the new changes in the literary circle in the early period of New China, which is regarded as the revolution background ; Chapter 3 is based on the differences of the publications, such as "the New Youth", "Jia Yin" and so on, and the interactive discussion with the readers, so as to reconstruct the historical scene when the literary revolution occurred in early Republic Period; Chapter 4 illuminates the criticism of the colleagues of "the New Youth" for the literary circle in early Republic Period after the literary revolution occurred, and the acceptance of literature revolution of press circle.)