谈古希伯来文学和早期基督教文学的教学定位

忽视古希伯来文学对西方文学全面而深刻的影响,是我国外国文学界长期存在的一个严重的倾向性问题。高等学校的外国文学教学应该在古希腊罗马文学与中世纪文学之间增加"古希伯来文学与早期基督教文学"一章。只有补上这条线,我们才能真正把握西方文学内在的发展脉络和精神实质。我们的外国文学研究也将由此而出现新的局面。

Restore the Bible to Its Original Position-On the Teaching Orientation of Ancient Hebrew Literature and Early Christian Literature

The neglect of the comprehensive and profound impacts of ancient Hebrew literature on Western literatures has long been one of the serious defects in the field of foreign literature studies of China. In the teaching of foreign literature in China's institutions of higher learning, "ancient Hebrew literature and early Christian literature" should be inserted in between ancient Greek and Roman literature and the Middle Ages literature. Only with this supplement, can we accurately grasp the inner development clue and more deeply understand the inner spiritual character of Western literatures. And a new situation will come into being in the study of foreign literatures.