《当代中国戏剧批评史研究》的研究对象，是1949—2015年的中国戏剧批评。本书依历史发展的进程，勾勒该时期中国戏剧批评的全貌，并且通过这一研究，揭示当代中国戏剧批评话语的生成与演变，阐述戏剧批评与当代中国戏剧发展、戏剧创作演出之间的互动关系。

The research object of "Research on the History of Contemporary Chinese Drama Criticism" is Chinese theater criticism from 1949 to 2015. According to the process of historical development, this book outlines the overall picture of Chinese drama criticism in this period, and through this research, reveals the generation and evolution of contemporary Chinese drama criticism discourse, and expounds the interactive relationship between drama criticism and the development of contemporary Chinese drama, drama creation and performance.（AI翻译）