秋风送爽的时节,恰逢北京语言大学庆祝50周年校庆,北京语言大学比较文学研究所在2012年10月20日举办了主题为“文学的民族性与世界性”的跨文化论坛,以庆祝建所15周年。论坛邀请了国内外从事比较文学、外国文学、文学理论、翻译研究的众多专家学者,共同探讨当今中外文学研究中的难题和热点。作为主办方的教师,我全程聆听了论坛的大会发言和部分小组发言,深受各种新思想和热烈讨论的启发。确如有的与会老师所说,论坛的众多发言题旨虽异,却一直不离两个中心议题:第一,文学的民族性和 The cool autumn season coincided with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Beijing Language and Culture University. On October 20, 2012, the Institute of Comparative Literature of Beijing Language and Culture University held a cross-cultural forum with the theme of “nationality and cosmopolitanity of literature” To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the founding. The forum invites many experts and scholars engaged in comparative literature, foreign literature, literary theory and translation studies both at home and abroad to discuss the problems and hot spots in contemporary Chinese and foreign literary studies. As a teacher of the organizer, I listened to the speeches of the forum and some groups throughout the forum and was inspired by various new ideas and discussions. Indeed, as the participating teachers said, although many topics of the forum are different, they have never departed from two central issues: first, the national character of literature and