The Formation of Literary Traditions——Witness, Readers and Writers  

作　　者：李好[1] 

机构地区：[1]武汉大学外国语言文学学院

出　　处：《英语广场（学术研究）》2015年第9期10-12,17,共4页English Square

摘　　要：We may have noticed the phenomenon that great writers are often inspired by former writers, and literature doesn't belong to one person or a group of people, but to the coalition of literati. Together with their observations of the societies they lived in as witnesses, they put their inspirations into their works, which also became the inspirations of later writers. In other words, writers bear the roles of witness, readers and writers at the same time. In this essay, four groups of writers will be presented to illustrate the shift of the three roles.We may have noticed the phenomenon that great writers are often inspired by former writers, and literature doesn＇t belong to one person or a group of people, but to the coalition of literati. Together with their observations of the societies they lived in as witnesses, they put their inspirations into their works, which also became the inspirations of later writers. In other words, writers bear the roles of witness, readers and writers at the same time. In this essay, four groups of writers will be presented to illustrate the shift of the three roles.

关 键 词：VIRGIL HOMER Dante MILTON CERVANTES 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]