一般认为老舍是解放后才自觉向政治和人民靠拢,创作了《龙须沟》等戏剧后获得“人民艺术家”称号的。笔者认为老舍获得这一称号并非因某一部戏剧,而是作家长期为人民创作的结果。实际上,正是抗战才使老舍从一个留学归来的精英小说家转变成一个充满人民性的戏剧家。文学史上的老舍有两个形象:一个是现代文学史上作为小说家的老舍,从英国留学回来与政治保持着一定距离的幽默写家;另一个是当代文学史上的 It is generally believed that after Lao She was liberated, he conscientiously moved closer to politics and the people and created the title of “People’s Artist” after writing such plays as “Longsugou”. I think Lao She won this title not because of a certain drama, but the result of the writer’s long-term creation for the people. In fact, it was the Anti-Japanese War that turned Lao She from a returning elite novelist to a dramatist full of people. Lao She in literature history has two images: one is Lao She, who is a novelist in the history of modern literature, a writer of humor returning from studying in the United Kingdom and keeping a certain distance from politics; the other is the history of contemporary literature