批评家的“现世性”——解读赛义德

赛义德,已故美国哥伦比亚大学比较文学教授,世界闻名的文学、文化理论家和批评家,有着复杂而矛盾的特殊身份,其批评议题广泛,其中批评家的“现世性”强调批评家工作的定位以及批评家的作用,其特殊身份对该议题的选择有着深刻的影响.本文将在分析其身份的基础上解读其批评家的“现世性”这一议题。

The Worldliness of the Critic: Interpreting Said

Edward Said,late professor of comparative literature of Columbia University,world-famous literary and cultural theorist and critic,possessed complex and paradoxical identities.He wrote about diverse topics in literary and cultural criticism,among which the worldliness of the critic stresses the location and the function of the critic.His special identity greatly influences his choice of such a topic.This paper intends to interpret the topic based on the analysis of his identity.