我们已习惯了“欧洲文学”这个概念 ,对它充其量只是个神话的事实尚未做细究 ,对此我的朋友Ｃ·Ｍ·犹瑟夫曾给予论证 ,从而激发了Ｆ·锡诺波利去写《欧洲文学的神话》(罗马 ,1 999)。这一神话还衍生出另一个神话 :作为一个世界范围或普适文学的自我形象 ,已经朝多个方面散布开 We have become accustomed to the notion of “European literature” and have not yet done a thorough study of the fact that it is a mere myth at large, to which my friend CM Judev has argued to inspire F. Sinopoli to write “The myth of European literature” (Rome, 1999). This myth also leads to another myth: as a self-image of world-wide or pervasive literature, it has spread in many ways