东南亚华文文学研究：领域与问题

Chinese Literature in South-East Asia:Scope and Problems

东南亚华文文学是中国“五四”新文学影响下的产物。最初出现的东南亚华文文学有强烈的侨民文学色彩，同时也显露出本地化倾向。东南亚华文文学史上有两组大问题：一组是侨民文学与本地文学的问题，它关系到东南亚华文文学的源流与自身传统；另一组是现实主义与现代主义的问题，关系到东南亚华文文学的精神核心与艺术特色，两组问题相互关联。本文讨论东南亚华文文学发展的基本脉络，并提出东南亚华文文学研究面临的主要问题。

Chinese literature in south-east Asia was born as a resuh of the influence of the new literature proposed by the May Fourth Cultural Movement of China. From the very beginning, Chinese literature in south-east Asia carried both the typical characteristics of migration literature and the tendency of localization. There are two major interrelated relations in the history of Chinese literature in south-east Asia： the relation between migration literature and local literature, and the relation between realism and modernism, the former concerning the origin and tradition of Chinese literature in south-east Asia while the latter concerning the spirit and artistic characteristics of Chinese literature in south-east Asia. This paper is to outline the development of Chinese literature in south-east Asia and show the major problems faced by it.