美国《诺顿世界文学作品选》及其世界文学观的发展

Evolution of The Norton Anthology of World Literature and Its views of world literature

《诺顿世界文学作品选》(The Norton Anthology of World Literature)系列从1956年出版至今,已被数百万的教师、学生和普通读者阅读使用,获得了较高的声誉,在现有诸多世界文学选集中占据权威地位。本文以2012年最新版《诺顿世界文学作品选》为主要研究对象,结合若干以往版本,对其选用、译介、编排、解释世界文学作品的行为进行研究,以呈现其世界文学观念的发展变化。这种变化主要表现为:世界文学是多元起源,其发展不是汇聚在一起的河流,而是多条线索的交织;世界文学的范围从西方拓展到全世界,从"名著"扩大到"代表性作品",从纯文学作品延伸到思想文献、民间文学和大众作品。《诺顿世界文学作品选》按"主题"划分教学模块,每个主题模块统领若干文本,增强了作品的关联性,而大量辅助性资源也为教学提供了极大的便利。

Since its first publication in 1956, the Norton Anthology of World Literature has been read and used by millions of teachers and students, and remains one of the most-trus- ted anthologies of world literature. This paper studies the editions of the Norton Anthology of World Literature, and the most updated version published in 2012 in particular, to learn the selection, translation, edition and explanation of world literature to show the evolution of views of world literature in this anthology. Characteristics of the evolution include ： （ 1 ） world literature has multiple origins and is more like a converge of rivulets rather than a fiver; and （2） the scope of world literature has extended from the Western to the globe, from masterpieces to representative works, and from merely selecting pure literature works to including philosophical works, folk literature and even popular works. In order to im- prove the connection of works, the newest Norton Anthology of World Literature is divided into instructional models according to themes, each of which has several works. Moreover, abundant resources are also available for the convenience of instructional usage.