根据南京大学中国社会科学研究评价中心对2000-2004年之间我国的外国文学来源期刊上所刊登的研究论文统计分析, 可以看到, 中国近年来的外国文学研究正在日益向纵深发展, 这种发展表现在研究内容的广泛和深入、研究队伍的扩大和研究质量的提高上。展望中国的外国文学研究事业在五到十年之内将会有一个跳跃性进步, 并将会在国际学术界形成相当程度的影响。

Based on an analysis of research papers about foreign literature published in our country's relevant periodicals during the period of 2000 - 2004, this paper points out that studies on foreign hterature in China over recent years are ever increasingly developing. Such a development finds expression in an extension and deepening of the research content, in an expansion of the research ranks, and in an elevation of the research quality. It can be envisaged that the Chinese studies on foreign hterature will have a leap in the following five to ten years and produce a considerable influence in the international academic circles.