ABSTRACT This is an introduction to our special issue on literature and economic inequality. Beginning with a discussion of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s ‘Origin of Inequality’, and moving on to a brief analysis of the current juncture of the conditions of inequality and the conditions of literature and literary study, we introduce our seven contributions and try to frame the challenges literary study faces today.

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经济不平等也是文学问题吗？

摘要 这是对我们关于文学和经济不平等的特刊的介绍。从讨论让-雅克·卢梭的“不平等的起源”开始，然后继续简要分析不平等状况以及文学和文学研究状况的当前关口，我们介绍了我们的七项贡献，并试图构建当今文学研究面临的挑战。