关键词: 中国非戏剧文学与莎剧, 跨文类比较研究, 相容性, 问题意识, 同异关系

Abstract: Comparative literature is usually a comparative study within a particular literary genre, but cross-genre comparative study should also be incorporated. In the history of comparative literature between Chinese and Western literature since the modern era, Shakespeare’s plays were often not only compared with Chinese classical drama, but also with Chinese non-dramatic literature, especially Chinese classical novels. This cross-genre comparative phenomenon is a unique cultural phenomenon with rich historical connotations in modern China, as well as a manifestation of literary exchange and mutual learning in the current context. From the perspective of operational norms and theoretical basis, cross-genre comparative research requires researchers to be able to keenly detect the inherent compatibility between asymmetrical genre objects that may not appear similar on the surface, and thereby generate genuine academic value by raising problem-consciousness. By accurately understanding the concept of “comparison” in comparative literature and carefully clarifying the relationship between comparative literature and comparative studies of similarity and difference, it is of great significance to recognize the cross-genre comparative research.

Key words: Chinese non-dramatic literature and Shakespearean drama, cross-genre comparative study, compatibility, problem-consciousness, similarity and difference