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美国比较文学学会(ACLA)每10年发表一份报告,对比较文学学科的现状作一个总结,同时探讨未来发展的路向。继1995年出版上一份报告之后,今年晚些时候即将出版由耶鲁大学教授苏源熙编写的最新报告,题为“在一个全球化时代里的比较文学”。2004年12月,在美国语言学会(MLA)的年会上,一个特别小组讨论会邀请了3位学者对ACLA新的十年报告作出评论,即加拿大多伦多大学教授琳达.哈奇恩、美国康奈尔大学教授乔纳森.卡勒和香港城市大学教授张隆溪。在张隆溪的评论中,他对于苏源熙所赞赏的更新“文学性”观念的认识表示认同,但他更强调了东西方比较研究的潜力。他认为,只要超越传统的欧洲中心主义的限制,将视野扩展到真正的全球性的范围,那么东西方比较研究势必结出丰硕的学术成果。
The American Association of Comparative Literature (ACLA) publishes a report every 10 years to summarize the current status of comparative literature and discuss the way forward for future development. Following the publication of the last report in 1995, the latest report, prepared by Professor Su Yuanxi of Yale University, entitled “Comparative Literature in an Age of Globalization” is forthcoming later this year. In December 2004, at a special meeting of the American Language Institute (MLA), a special panel discussion was invited by three scholars to comment on the new ACLA report for ten years, namely, Linda Hatchin, a professor at the University of Toronto in Canada, Jonathan Kale, a professor at Cornell University and Zhang Longxi, a professor at Hong Kong City University. In his comments on Zhang Longxi, he agreed with the understanding of the updated “literary” concept admired by Su Yuanxi but emphasized the potential of comparative research between the East and the West. He believes that as long as the traditional European centrism transcends the limitations of expanding the field of vision to a truly global scope, the comparative study between East and West is bound to bear fruitful academic achievements.