世界文学史视域下的乡土文学是现代性的产物。19世纪初欧美作家偏爱将故事定位于偏远乡村,这种追求地方性色彩的自觉与看重工业化、都市化的现代理性形成鲜明对比。乡土叙事中的边地描写,往往寄托着作家的乡愁和感伤。中国的乡土文学发端于20世纪20年代,以王鲁彦、彭家煌、台静农、许钦文、蹇先艾、许杰和沈从文等人的作品为代表。鲁迅在《中国新文学大系·小说二集·序》中有过这样的论述:“凡在北京用笔写出他的胸臆的人们,无论他自称 Local Literature from the Perspective of World Literature History is the Product of Modernity. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, European and American writers preferred to locate the story in remote villages. This kind of pursuit of the endemic color contrasts sharply with the modern rationality of industrialization and urbanization. Native land narratives in the marginal description, often placed on the nostalgia and sentimental writer. China's local literature started in the 1920s with the works of Wang Luyan, Peng Jiahuang, Tai Jingnong, Xu Qinwen, Qixian Ai, Xu Jie and Shen Congwen as representatives. Lu Xun made the following remark in ”Preface to the Second Book of Chinese New Literature Series and Novel“: ”Anyone who penned his mind in Beijing does not matter whether he claims to be