当歌德说“世界文学的时代已快来了”的时候大概不会想到,世界文学在成为一种文学存在之前,在中国大陆已经成为了一个学科。但作为学科的“世界文学”以及与其相应的课程设置一直存在着定位模糊的问题,这与蓬勃发展的“世界文学”研究现状显然不相适应。所谓“世界文学”一词出自歌德,1827年1月31日,歌德在与爱克曼谈话时说:“民族文学在现在算不了很大的一回事了! When Goethe said that ”the time for world literature is here,“ it may not come to mind that before becoming a literary existence, world literature had become a discipline in mainland China. However, as the subject of ”world literature“ and its corresponding curriculum has always been the problem of ambiguity, which is obviously incompatible with the status quo of the thriving ”world literature “ research. The so-called ”world literature “ from Goethe, January 31, 1827, Goethe conversation with Eckman said: ”national literature is not a big deal now!