比较文学作为一种学科的提出和形成 ,是在 1 9世纪初 ,到了1 9世纪末 ,比较文学才正式建立起来。它作为一种理论概念是在“五四”初期被介绍到中国来的。自此 ,从 2 0年代的章锡深、吴宓 ,到三四十年代的傅东华、戴望舒、闻一多、朱自清、刘西渭、钱钟书、朱光潜、杨宪益、李长 Comparative literature as a discipline was proposed and formed at the beginning of the 19th century. By the end of the 19th century, comparative literature was officially established. As a theoretical concept, it was introduced to China early in the May 4th Movement. Since then, from Zhang Xishen and Wu Mi in the 20s to Fu Donghua in the 1930s and 1940s, Dai Wangshu, Wen Yiduo, Zhu Ziqing, Liu Xiwei, Qian Zhongshu, Zhu Guangqian, Yang Xiangyi and Li Chang