东方的发现与东方文化复兴——从泰戈尔到莫言

The Discovery of the Orient and the Revival of the Oriental Culture——From Tagore to Mo Yan

100年前泰戈尔获得诺贝尔文学奖,西方人有机会发现东方。20世纪后期以来,先后有十几位东方作家获奖,体现了西方人对东方的主动发现和对东方文化的不断接受。东方诺贝尔文学现象具有文化方面的象征意义,获奖的东方作家大多具有民族自信与文化自觉,在创作和演讲中突出自己的民族身份和东方文化元素。同时,东方诺贝尔文学现象是东方文化百年发展历程的缩影,也是东方文化复兴的标志之一。

Tagore's winning the Nobel Prize for literature 100 years ago gave a chance for westerners to find the Orient.A dozen oriental writers have been awarded the Nobel Prize since the late 20 th century,which reflected the westerners' initiative acceptance of the oriental culture.On the one hand,the oriental writers' winning Nobel Prize for literature embodies cultural and symbolic meanings,for the winners showed their national confidence and cultural consciousness through their works and speeches.On the other hand,the oriental writers' winning Nobel Prize for literature is an epitome of the development of the oriental culture in one hundred years,and it is also a symbol of the revival of the oriental culture.