关键词: 科幻文学, 世界文学, 共同体, 地球村, 想象

Abstract: Along with the decline of serious literature in the age of globalization, a new genre has emerged and is rapidly entering the vision of scholars of comparative and world literature: sci-fi literature. This phenomenon not only appears in the Western world which has a long sci-fi tradition, but also appears in current Chinese context and has become a remarkable literary scenery line in the past ten years. It indicates that literature is not dead, but it has got a new form of life. We used to say that science knows no borders, but now it seems that literature knows no borders either, and it only needs translation. In this regard, once contemporary Chinese sci-fi literature appears in the Chinese context, it has soon been translated and introduced to the world by foreign translators. According to the “deconstructive” definition of world literature by David Damrosch, science fiction should also be regarded as a form of world literature. It not only enables contemporary readers to understand the world by reading science fiction, but also constructs a possible virtual world through literary description. Thus we can draw a tentative conclusion from the world character and international dissemination and influence of science fiction: the construction of the “global village” or the community of shared interests for humanity is entirely possible. Science fiction should also be regarded as a form of world literature, which promotes the construction of a community of shared interests for future by the force of the combination of science and literature.

Key words: sci-fi literature, world literature, community, global village, imagination