比较文学与精英化教育

Comparative Literature and Elitist Education

精专与广博对培养一个优秀的人文学者而言,哪一项应该优先？这不是一个殊途同归的问题,从教育学角度来说是有规律可循的。如果把一个人随年龄增长而越来越不利于学习的生理条件和走出校门后所必须承受的各种社会压力计算在内的话,比较文学教育相对于其他学科的优势是不言而喻的。比较文学的学习成效与学习时间长短成正比,研究视野的开阔和研究能力的增长随学习时间的延长而呈几何级递增。在高等教育普及和社会日渐进入后现代的中国,如果所有高校的所有学科都不得不朝社会化、职业化教育倾斜,那么至少像复旦大学这样的综合性大学、像比较文学这样的少数学科,应该独自坚守精英化教育的理想。

Being specialized and being extensive,which one is primary for making a qualified humanity scholar？ Pedagogically speaking,they are not different means leading to the same destination.Given increasing physical inconveniences for study when one ages and all sorts of social responsibilities after college education,the education of comparative literature has obvious advantages in comparison with other disciplines.Achievement in comparative literature is in direct proportion to the time taken by the learner,and field of vision and competence for research increase with the extension of time for study.With widespread high education and the postmodernist society China is entering,the comprehensive universities like Fudan University and the disciplines like comparative literature should cherish an elitist ideal while other disciplines of other universities have to be adapted to social and career requirement.