白睿文(美国加州大学洛杉矶分校亚洲语言文化系教授化系教授):能否请您简单地介绍《现代文学》创刊的背景?白先勇(著名作家、美国加州大学圣巴巴拉分校荣休教授校荣休教授):现在回头看,《现代文学》的创刊在某方面是个accident(意外)。为什么我觉得是意外偶然呢?那个时候我们班上刚好有一群年龄相仿的学生,对文学有一种热情、passion、有理想,还有才华。光只有理想不行,literary talent(文学才华)也非常重要。 Bai Ruiwen (Professor, Department of Asian Languages ​​and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, USA): Could you please briefly introduce the background of the founding of “Modern Literature”? Bai Xiangyong (Famous Writer, Professor Emeritus of the University of California at Santa Barbara, Professor): Now looking back, the founding of “modern literature” is in some ways an accident. Why did I think it was an accident by accident? At that time there was just a group of students in our class who were quite similar in age, passionate about literature, passion, idealistic and talented. Light is not ideal, literary talent (literary talent) is also very important.