在澳大利亚文学中,“传统”的概念就象“澳大利业”这个词一样,似乎有些含混,但又不可缺少。这里仅就此提出我个人的粗浅看法,就教於行家。关于传统与文学的关系问题,有如下两种不同见解:一种是要发扬传统。如:A·A·菲力普斯说,“……一切艺术皆植根於传统”,作家的文字只能“从创造它並与之共同发展的传统中获取生命”。亚历克·金说,“假如我们的诗歌还值得一读的话,部分地是因为我们的诗人都象作诗的传统一样的‘古老’。人们将作诗的传统从古老的国家移植 In Australian literature, the concept of “tradition”, like the word “Australian business,” seems a bit vague but indispensable. Here only my personal opinion on this point, to teach experts. On the relationship between tradition and literature, there are two different views as follows: one is to carry forward the tradition. For example, A. Phillips said that “... all arts are rooted in tradition,” and writers’ writings can only “gain their life” from the tradition of creating and co-developing it. Aick King said, "If our poetry is still worth reading, it is partly because our poets are just like the ’old’ tradition of poetry, and people have portrayed the tradition of poetry from ancient countries