《中外文化与文论》创刊了,这是学术界,尤其是比较文学界的又一件喜事,我衷心地祝愿它办得成功,办得出色,办得越来越好!我国比较文学自70年代末复兴以来,已经走过一段路程,在世纪之交的今日,展望学科发展的前景,我觉得有必要强调一下比较文学教学对于学科发展的重要意义。回想当年,当人们对“什么是比较文学”还不甚了了的时候,正是由于许多高校普遍开设了比较文学课 “Chinese and Foreign Culture and Literary Theory” was first published. This is yet another happy event in academia, especially in the comparative literature field. I sincerely wish it a success, a brilliant job and a better and better. The comparative literature in our country Since the revival in the late 1970s, it has come a long way. Looking forward to the prospect of academic development at the turn of the century, I think it is necessary to emphasize the importance of comparative literature teaching for the development of disciplines. When we recall that year, when people were not quite aware of what “comparative literature” was, it was precisely because many colleges and universities generally opened comparative literature classes