我们怎样搞“神经文学评论”——专访耶鲁大学文学教授迈克尔·霍尔奎斯特

• 作 者: 雷旭
• 出 处: 新知客
• 发表日期: 2010年09期
• 关键词: 文学评论 奎斯特 文学教授 中国出版 阅读率 新知客 一本 文学阅读 文本阅读 文学理论

在这个“三俗”的时代,人们阅读的习惯日趋表面化和功利化。来自中国出版科学研究所2009年的报告称,我国近年来图书阅读率持续走低。拿2008年来说,在识字的成人群体中,有50.7%的人连一本图书都没有读过,可以认为目前我国正面临阅读危机。大洋彼岸的美国同样也在经历图书读者群的流失。为此,我们采访到正在法国休假的耶鲁大学比较文学教授迈克尔·霍尔奎斯特(Michael Holquist),让他谈谈文学研究的现状,以及神经文学评论的更多细节。

In this “three vulgar ” era, people’s reading habits become increasingly surface and utilitarian. According to a 2009 report from the China Institute of Publishing Science, the reading rate of books in China has been continuously declining in recent years. In 2008, 50.7% of the literate adult population did not even read a single book, and we can conclude that our country is facing a reading crisis. The United States on the other side of the Atlantic is also experiencing a loss of readership. To this end, we interview Michael Holquist, a comparative literature professor at Yale University who is on vacation in France, to talk about the status quo of literary studies and more details about neuro literary commentary.