五十年来海外中国现代文学的英文研究

English Scholarship on Modern Chinese Literature in the Past Fifty Years

本文为英文版《中国现代文学指南》的导言的删节版,主要关注三个项目。其一,通过分析三个关键词,以厘定中国现代文学的范围及与该名称相关的主要问题。其二,回溯中国现代文学研究的机制化进程,尤其是其在北美的发展。其三,勾勒《中国现代文学指南》的整体轮廓。《指南》的第一部分"历史与地理"描述中国现代文学史和区域发展。第二部分"文类与类型"概览中国现代文学中主要文类(诗歌、小说、戏剧和散文)以及其他文学类型(翻译文学,女性文学,通俗文学和少数民族文学)。第三部分"文化和媒体"探讨美学、语言、区域、都市等文化概念以及视觉艺术、印刷、网络等技术媒体对文学的影响。第四部分"议题与争论"侧重介绍文学流派与思潮、性别与身体、记忆与创伤以及中文与英文学界的整体发展。结语部分涉及海外近期的关键议题、作家研究和文学争论。

This article is a condensed version of the general introduction to A Companion to Modern Chinese Literature and covers three agendas. First, it delineates the parameters of modern Chinese literature by discussing its three composite terms. Second, it reviews the academic institutionalization of modern Chinese literature, especially its development in North America. Third, it provides a framework of ＂history and geography＂ for A Companion to Modern Chinese Literature. The first section on ＂history and geography＂ tracks the historical development of modern Chinese literature in different geopolitical areas. The second section on ＂genres and types＂ reviews key major genres （poetry, fiction, drama, and prose） and other types （translated literature, women＇s writing, popular fiction, and literature of ethnic minorities）. The third section on ＂culture and media＂ examines the impact on literature from aesthetics, language, regions, cities as well as visual arts, print and internet technologies. The fourth section on ＂issues and debates＂ focuses on literary trends, sexuality, the body, memory and trauma as well as the separate developments of Chinese scholarship and English scholarship. The conclusion covers key issues, author studies, and literary debates of the recent decades.