奥尔巴赫与库尔提乌斯--中道而止还是失之交臂的对话?

Erich Auerbach and Ernst Robert Curtius—An Interrupted on Mused DiUogue?

面对欧洲的危机,奥尔巴赫与库尔提乌斯给出了不同的应对之策。虽然他们的意见时而相左,但不乏共通之处。他们从各自的角度思考,为何像德国这样高度文明的国家会出现大屠杀。在他们看来,解答这个问题的关键,在于寻找欧洲文化的同一性或连续性。另外值得注意的是,两人都尝试借欧洲文学,通达世界文学。故而,奥尔巴赫与库尔提乌斯的关系,应该是对话而非敌对的。他们的对话围绕三个话题:一、文学中的历史意识;二、文学现实主义与喻象表达及讽喻表达的关系;三、民众精神及其在文学中的表现。

In face of the crisis in Europe,Erich Auerbach and Ernst Robert Curtius gave their own responses.Though different,both of them shared a common view,namely why the holocaust happened in Germany which was a highly civilized country.According to them,to answer this question,it is necessary to prove the identity of continuity of European culture.Besides,they both strived for a world literature via“European literature”.Therefore,the relationship between Auerbach and Curtius should be of dialogue rather than of hostility.And their dialogue mainly focuses on three subjects:the historical consciousness in literature;the relation between literary realism and figural and allergically expressions;the folk spirit and its representation in literature.