外国文学,按词义应是指中国文学之外的各个国家和民族的文学,但从我国高等师范院校外国文学教学的实际情况看,主体是欧美部分,亚非文学只作一般性了解;而欧美部分中的美国文学,实际上至今不到二百年历史,所以这门课程的重点在欧洲部分,尤其是西欧,以及十九世纪以后的俄罗斯苏维埃文学。 Foreign literature, by definition, should refer to the literature of all countries and nations other than Chinese literature. However, from the reality of teaching foreign literature in higher normal colleges in China, the main body is the part of Europe and the United States, and the Asian and African literature is only for general understanding. American literature in the European and American parts has in fact remained less than 200 years old so the focus of this course is on the parts of Europe, especially Western Europe, and the Russian Soviet literature after the 19th century.