去年上半年,湖北省外国文学学会通知会员为当代外国文学为主题的年会作准备。学会秘书长戴安康老师让我准备一篇论文。按说我过去主要精力是在拜伦、雪莱方面的。为了不负学会厚望并扩大自己的见识,我钻进了武大外语学院资料室,指望尽可能多地了解到有关英美当代文学方面的信息。在众多的英文原版资料中,美国哈弗斯特拉大学主办的《二十世纪文学》季刊1987年秋 In the first half of last year, Hubei Institute of Foreign Literature informed members about preparing for the annual conference on contemporary foreign literature. Mr. Dai Ankang, secretary-general of the society, asked me to prepare a dissertation. According to my past, the main energy is in Byron, Shelley aspects. In order to live up to their own expectations and expand their own knowledge, I got into the reference room of Wuda Foreign Language Institute and expect to learn as much as possible about the contemporary British and American literature. Among the many English original materials, The Quarterly of the Twentieth Century Literature, hosted by the University of Haifa in the United States,