理论的生命力有赖于时代赋予的全新意义。在新时代中国特色社会主义历史文化语境中，当代中国的马克思主义文论学科与理论建设迎来新的历史机遇，当代中国的马克思主义文论研究正处于新的历史起点，而贯穿其中的一条主线就是加快推进21世纪中国马克思主义文论的学术体系构建和话语创新。2018年10月26—28日，全国马列文论研究会第35届年会暨“新时代中国马克思主义文论研究的问题与导向”学术研讨会在山东曲阜召开。此次会议是在马克思诞辰200周年、我国改革开放40周年、全国马列文论研究会成立40周年的背景和时间节点上召开的。此次会议的召开和本论文集的出版，是全国马列文论研究会认真学习贯彻习近平总书记系列重要讲话精神，按照“立足中国、借鉴国外、挖掘历史、把握当代、关怀人类、面向未来”的思路，建构具有中国特色、中国风格、中国气派的21世纪中国马克思主义文论话语和价值体系所做出的新的努力和尝试。

The vitality of theory depends on the new meaning given by the times. In the historical and cultural context of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, the discipline and theoretical construction of Marxist literature and theory in contemporary China have ushered in new historical opportunities, and the research of Marxist literature and theory in contemporary China is at a new historical starting point, and one of the main lines running through it is to accelerate the construction of the academic system and discourse innovation of Chinese Marxist literature in the 21st century. From October 26 to 28, 2018, the 35th Annual Conference of the National Marxist-Leninist Research Association and the Academic Symposium on "Problems and Orientation of Chinese Marxist Literary Research in the New Era" were held in Qufu, Shandong. The meeting was held at the background and time of the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth, the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up, and the 40th anniversary of the founding of the National Marxist-Leninist Research Association. The convening of this conference and the publication of this collection of papers are new efforts and attempts made by the National Marxist-Leninist Research Association to conscientiously study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important speeches, and to construct a Chinese Marxist literary discourse and value system in the 21st century with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style and Chinese style in accordance with the idea of "basing itself on China, drawing on foreign countries, excavating history, grasping the contemporary, caring for mankind and facing the future".（AI翻译）