外国文学史是中文专业本科必修的基础课程之一。它系指除我国民族文学以外的世界各地区、各民族文学的总和。就时间而论,上自古希腊,下迄现当代,历史悠久,跨度甚大;从作家作品来说,可谓千姿百态,不胜枚举。若从整体进行考察,一般包括欧美文学和亚非文学两大板块。目前公开出版的外国文学史方面的教材,有的以历史时序贯通,采用中西合璧、糅为一体的写法,但较为普遍的教材仍将欧美文学和亚非文学按照各自的发展情况和主要特点分而叙之,如朱维之等主编的《外国文学简编》(中国人民 The history of foreign literature is one of the basic courses for undergraduate Chinese majors. It refers to all except the Chinese national literature in all regions of the world, the national literature. In terms of time, since ancient Greece, from now until now, has a long history and great span; from the writer’s works, can be described as mixed. If from the overall study, generally include Europe and the United States literature and Asian-African literature two plates. At present, the textbooks on the history of foreign literature that are published in the history of China are written in the historical chronological order with the combination of Chinese and Western elements. However, the more common textbooks still divide the European and American literature and Asian and African literature according to their respective development and main characteristics The narrative, such as Zhu Wei and other editor of “foreign literary compendium” (Chinese people