David Damrosch's View Of World Literature

The "world literature" as a key word,has been endowed with multiple interpretations since it came into people's sight.In recent years,with the development of comparative literature,"world literature" has become a topic in comparative literature.Tracing the changing history of the concept of "world literature",we can find more and more diversified interpretations of this concept.Based on the contemporary cultural context,American comparative literature scholar David damrosch puts forward a kind of world literature thought as circulation and reading model.From the perspective of text circulation,translation and reder's reading,"world literature" is presented as a dynamic form established between the world,text and reders.In his opinion,"world literature" does not only refer to a series of classic literary works,but also points out the importance of reding "world literature" across times,regions and identities while reconstructing the classical model of contemporary literature.And further form the perspective of reders and authors,for how to read world literature put forward the solution.Damrosch awareness of the inequality system in today's world literature,he starts with the analysis of world literature classics collection,probes into the classics the selection the editor in literary works,the choice of the writer,as well as in the use of different literary models on the writing features,and then investigates the circulation law of works and the concept of "world literature" in the era.At the same time,by investigating the change of the status of classic writers,the author reconstructs the three-layer system of classics,which surpasses the traditional concept of literary classics and breaks through the narrow European centralism methodology.And how to grasp the world literature classics to provide methodology.In addition,he pointed out the constractive role of translation in world literature and put forward higher requirements for translators in world literature.Damrosch's famous theory of "elliptical opean refraction" is applied to investigate the relationship between national literature and world literature,so as to opean the space for thinking about nationalliterature moving towards world literature.In terms of the discipline construction of comparative literature and wordliterature,Damrosch puts forward the idea of "comparative world literature" research,which is to combine the research method of comparative literature with the research field of world literature to construct a new development model of the discipline.At the same time,Damrosch's theory of world literature teaching is also worthy of reference and absorption.It is helepful to study the teaching ideas and methods of world literature of Damrosch to explore the problems existing in the teaching of world literature of China and to learn new ideas of world literature teaching.At the same time,it also provides a variety of teaching methods dand new teaching requirements for teachers of world literature.By discussing the connotation of Damrosch's concept of world literature,the author further thinks about its significance to Chinese comparative literature,so as to explore the future development of comparative literature and world literature.This paper takes the change of "world literature" as the core issue consciousness,combines with the current globalization context,and examines the process of theoretical discourse in the perspective of historical materialism.On the basis of marxist standpoint and the classical research method,this paper explores the practical significance of the development of Damrosch's world literaturtheory.The author combines the current local context,this paper studies the theoretical connotation of Damrosch,explores the influence of his world literature concept on the current Chinese comparative literature and world literature discipline,and finds out the practical significance of his theory on the construction of Chinese comparative literature and world literature discipline.At the same time,to further think about the relationship between national literature and world literature,to better promote the development of the discipline to find theoretical support.