形象学作为一国文学中异国形象的研究,是从法国学派的影响研究中发展起来的一个重要的比较文学研究类型。按照巴柔的界定,这里的“异国形象”是“在文学化同时也是社会化的过程中得到的对异国认识的总和”。而形象学真正得到长足发展是20世纪六七十年代,受到后现代主义的影响而重新焕发活力。例如萨义德在他的《东方主义》中,解剖了西方人眼中作为“他者”的“东方”形象,指出其虚构性和背后隐藏的种族主义和帝国 The study of image as a foreign image in a country’s literature is an important type of comparative literature developed from the study of the influence of the French school. According to Pablo’s definition, the “exotic image” here is the “total of foreign knowledge” obtained during the period of literacy and socialization. “ The real development of the imagery is the sixties and seventies of the 20th century, rejuvenated by the influence of post-modernism. For example, in his Orientalism, Said dissected the image of ”East“ as the ”Other" in the eyes of the Westerners, pointing out that his fictionality and hidden behind racism and empire