On David Damrosch's Literary Classic View

The debate of literary classic has always been a hot topic in literary theory.Literature spread throughout the world since the 21 st century,because of the economic globalization.There are some new changes in the construction of literary classic.American comparative literature scholar David Damrosch whose theory based on the background of the age of globalization helping to discuss it.David Damrosch's view of literary classic from the era of globalization background,is a new survey of the construction of literary classic.He thinks that the moment we need the classic is the classic in world literature.In Damrosch 's theory,the classic in world literature must be something which combining with the transcendence and experience,both systematic and aesthetic,also a global and national unity.Literary classic is constructed and selected,which based on personal experience and the national spirit,with high aesthetic value,can across time and space,cause the resonance of the collective.Damrosch considered that literary classic is not a fixed text,it can be any text which conform to the attributes.Under this backgroundLiterary classic's appearing is cultural familiarization.Damrosch considered that the globalization expanded the “world” literary works faces.Multilingual translation and published worldwide is the main way to helping the literature works towards the world,expanding the scope of the circulation.A variety of ways of recommendations are the middle chain linked works and readers.Reading widely by the readers all around the world is the final step of promote the works familiarization and become a classic.The literary classic view of David Damrosch emphasis on the classic institutional and textual,political and artistic quality;both nationality and cosmopolitan,transcendence and secular;stability and dynamics,closeness and openness.Its more balanced,comprehensive and dialectical compared to the previous views.Damrosch made a new consideration to the construction of literary classic from the era of globalization background,aimed to expand the scope of the classic,establish a cosmopolitan literature classic.Damrosch's theory provide an effective answer to the classic's survival under global vision.But the problems existing in the translation and the reality brought a certain difficulty to the implementation of the theory.