现实主义文学研究的勃勃生机

On the New Developments of Literary Realism Studies

现实主义文学并未如一些批评家所言“过时”或“枯竭”,而是在向更加多元化、多样化形态发展,呈现出新的时代特征。当代现实主义理论也有很多建树,出现了“新现实主义转向”,从新的角度审视文学与现实的关系,探索质疑传统观念、范式和认知,显示出这一研究领域的丰富性和复杂性。中国的外国文学研究成果以中文和外(英)文为载体,两个知识体系应该是对话的关系,互为支撑。以莫言、阎连科为代表的中国作家在现实主义的创作实践和理论建构方面对世界现实主义做出贡献,促使中国外国文学学者的现实主义研究融通中外,在全球学术空间进行现实主义理论话语的创新。

Realist literature is not“obsolete”or“exhausted”,as some critics claim,but is growing with plural forms,marked by diversity and distinctive features of the time.Current realism studies have also flourished,forming a“new realist turn”.The relationship between literature and reality is viewed from new perspectives,and the traditional concepts,paradigms and cognitions are reexamined and critiqued,manifesting the richness and complexity of the research field.In China,scholars write in Chinese and English,producing two bodies of knowledge concerning foreign literature.It is argued that the two bodies should establish dialogical relationships,and reinforce each other.With their ingenious creative writing and theoretical explorations,contemporary Chinese writers,notably Mo Yan and Yan Lianke,have made great contribution to world realism.This encourages China’s foreign literature scholars to relate their foreign studies to China,and innovate realism studies in the global context.