本文针对美国著名文学理论家希利斯·米勒关于全球化时代文学终结的理论,对文学存在的理由、文学存在的方式进行论证,反驳了米勒的观点。本文认为,文学和文学批评存在的理由,是人类情感表现的需要;文学语言所构成的人类丰富的整体体验,文学独特的审美场域,人类情感对文学的需要,是其他媒介形式无法替代的。 In the light of the famous American literary theorist Willis Miller’s theory of the end of literature in the age of globalization, this article argues Millar’s arguments on the reasons for the existence of literature and on the ways in which literature exists. This article argues that the reasons for the existence of literary and literary criticism are the needs of human emotional expression. The rich experience of human beings as a whole, the unique aesthetic field of literature and the need of human emotions for literature are irreplaceable by other forms of media .