世界非裔文学的整体研究:罗良功教授访谈录

A Holistic Approach to the Studies of the Literature of African Diaspora:An Interview with Professor Luo Lianggong

本文是华中师范大学外国文学与比较文学青年学术创新团队于2019年5月举行的首期论坛上的访谈实录。罗良功教授是非裔文学研究专家、族裔文学国际学术年会的召集人,张琴副教授在论坛上对罗良功教授进行了访谈。罗教授在访谈中阐述了世界非裔文学的定义与研究领域,介绍了国别区域非裔文学发展和研究的现状。他认为,世界非裔文学将非洲本土之外的非裔文学视为整体加以学术观照,既是世界非裔文学发展的必然,也是当前非裔文学研究、非洲研究和国际关系研究的必然,世界非裔文学研究应该运用跨学科方法,注重国别区域与跨国文学社区结合、学术研究与数据库建设相结合、基础研究与咨政服务相结合。

This interview took place at the first academic forum of the Youth Academic Innovation Team for Foreign Literature and Comparative Literature of Central China Normal University in early May,2019.Professor Luo Lianggong,a scholar in the field of literature of African diaspora and the convenor of the annual international symposiums on ethnic literature,was interviewed by Professor Zhang Qin.In the interview,Professor Luo illustrated the meaning and scope of the research on the literature of African diaspora,outlined the status quo of African diasporic literature of different countries and its research.In his opinion,it is of great necessity to study African diasporic literature as a whole,which is not only due to its own development but also due to the development of the scholarship in the academic fields of African diasporic literature,Africa,and international relations.He proposes a holistic approach to the literature of African diaspora by means of interdisciplinary methodology and the integrations of both African diasporic literature of different countries and of transnational literary communities,both academic research and databases construction,and both fundamental studies and consultation service for policy-making.