《比较戏剧研究》序乔德文先生早年毕业于上海戏剧学院戏剧文学系,是我的学长。这些年来他静悄悄地躲在长沙,孜孜矻矻地进行着中外戏剧的比较研究,扎实的成果时有所见。前不久收到他的来信,说所写论文已可结集出版,这实在是一件可喜可贺的事。作为一种宏观的视野和科学的方法,比较文学的研究首先兴盛于欧美,但这门学科的本质决定了它非把东方的文化现象卷入其内不可,而且这种卷入又必将导致对东方学者的卷入。从某种意义上说,没有中国学者的参与,世界规模的比较文学研究就会包含着一种根本性的缺憾。反过来,中国文化要在现代走向兴盛,没有一种国际性的自我体认也是不可想象 “Comparison of drama research” sequence Mr. Joe Dew graduated from Shanghai Theater Academy Department of drama literature early, is my seniors. During these years he quietly hid in Changsha, diligently undertaking a comparative study of Chinese and foreign dramas, and his solid achievements have been seen since. Not long ago, I received a letter from him saying that the essay I wrote was ready for publication. This is indeed a gratifying thing. As a macroscopic field of vision and scientific method, comparative literature first flourished in Europe and the United States, but the essence of this discipline determines that it is not involved in the Oriental cultural phenomenon, and this involvement will inevitably lead to Involved in Oriental scholars. In a sense, without the participation of Chinese scholars, the comparative study of world scale will contain a fundamental defect. In turn, Chinese culture will flourish in the modern era. It is unimaginable without an international self-recognition