我们今天在谈到世界文学时,总会从歌德的乌托邦式猜想说起,认为这个概念是从西方引进的。歌德受益于世界文学,同时也建构了“世界文学”概念,他和世界文学的关系是相互的和双向的。作为一个旅行的概念,世界文学的构建最初得益于东方文学,在西方语境下形成后又旅行到东方诸国,在旅行的过程中产生了不同的版本。中国现代文学为了跻身世界文学之林,曾通过大面积地翻译西方文学达到与世界文学的接轨。在全球化时代,经中国学者的重新建构,世界文学从假想成为审美现实,增加了东方文学的精神和内涵,真正实现了它的双向旅行。 When we talk about world literature today, we always start with Goethe’s utopian conjecture and consider this concept to be imported from the West. Goethe benefited from world literature, but also constructed the concept of “world literature”. His relationship with world literature is mutual and two-way. As a concept of travel, the construction of world literature initially benefited from oriental literature. After it was formed in the western context and then traveled to the Eastern countries, different versions were produced during the journey. In order to rank among the world literature, modern Chinese literature has translated and translated western literature to a large extent in line with world literature. In the era of globalization, through the re-construction of Chinese scholars, world literature has become an aesthetic reality from hypotheses, increasing the spirit and content of oriental literature and truly realizing its two-way journey.