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我想比较文学能起到的作用大致有两个方面。一是对文学史起的作用。一个民族的文学不可能在完全封闭的状态中发展,往往要受到外国文学的影响。因此,要说清楚本国文学的发展,不可能不涉及外国文学。同时,为了说明本国文学的特点,也需要同外国文学对比,这种对比不一定是明比,而是意识到本国文学与外国文学的不同之处。第二,比较文学的目的还在于通过不同民族文学的比较研究来探讨一些普通的文学理论问题。这两个目的都是一国文学的内部比较所无法达到的。
I think the comparative literature can play a role in roughly two aspects. First, the role of literary history. It is impossible for a nation’s literature to develop in a totally closed state, often influenced by foreign literature. Therefore, to make clear the development of the national literature, it is impossible not to involve foreign literature. In the meantime, in order to explain the characteristics of the national literature, it is also necessary to compare it with foreign literature. This comparison is not necessarily the case of the Ming Dynasty, but the difference between its own literature and that of foreign literature. Second, the purpose of comparative literature lies in exploring some common literary theory issues through comparative studies of different nationalities. Both of these purposes are beyond the internal comparison of a country’s literature.