奥尔巴赫与歌德“世界文学”

Erich Auerbach and Goeth's Idea of World Literature

谈论世界文学通常总是以歌德的"世界文学"构想为轴心,奥尔巴赫谈论世界文学同样如此。奥尔巴赫所作的诠释,有两点值得回味。其一是指向将来的世界文学危机意识。奥尔巴赫认为,由于世界的"标准化"发展趋势,歌德所说的"世界文学"构想在将来势必会遭遇破灭的结局。其二是指向现在的"综合的世界文学语文学"构想。奥尔巴赫指出,就世界文学现在的丰富状况而言,每位研究者都应当致力于发展一种综合的世界文学语文学,从丰富庞杂的世界文学总体中找出一种富有启示意义的统一性。

Like many other important interpretations of world literature, the interpretation of the famous philologist Erich Auerbach starts from Goethe＇s idea of world literature （Weltliteratur） as its axis （Achse）. For Auerbach, Goethe＇s idea of world literature is destined to be destroyed in future because the future of our world is going to be a world without diversities. At the same time, Auerbach argues that the idea of a synthetic philology of world literature should be pursued by every scholar of world literature before world literature loses its diversity in the end.