从寂寞星火到梦想燎原:中国科幻文学研究概览(2014—2018)

From Lonely Spark to Prairie Fire: An Overview of the Study of Science Fiction in China(2014—2018)

中国科幻文学虽然有着百余年的发展历程,但对其系统性的学术研究直到21世纪才真正展开。近五年来,作为比较文学跨学科研究的重要领域,中国科幻文学研究异军突起,取得了令人瞩目的成绩:各种类型的学术活动频繁开展,发表论文的数量和质量节节攀升,高级别的项目陆续获批,学科建设日趋完善,甚至在对外交流方面走在了主流文学的前列,吸引着越来越多的新锐学者参与其中。

Although Chinese science fiction has a history of over 100 years,it has been relatively ignored as an academic area of inquiry.However,over the past fi ve years,there has been a dramatic increase in attention to the fi eld and it has emerged as an important topic in interdisciplinary research in comparative literature.This paper describes the remarkable progress of the fi eld,made visible by:the proliferation of academic activities;the number and quality of articles published;the number of high-level projects approved;the continued interest in developing of the discipline;the popularization of the topic in international communication and mainstream literature;and the fact that more and more serious scholars are joining the discipline.