萨义德在《东方学》里认为西方与东方是一种权力支配关系,东方是沉默的,它没有自我阐释权,没有主体意识,不能表达自己,必须借助西方来表达自己。他敏锐地揭示出被“东方学家”妖魔化了的东方以及被“东方化了的东方人”:东方是一种权力话语,体现出西方世界的文化霸权。《东方学》充分印证了比较文学跨文化研究的必要性,萨义德重视文化领域内经典文本的重要性,提出东方完全有能力表述自己,这为比较文学研究提供了新的视野。 In the Orientalism, Sayed thinks that the West is a power domination relationship with the East. The East is silent. It does not have the power of self-explanation, does not have the subjective consciousness, can not express itself, and must express itself through the West. He is acutely revealing the East deluded by the “Orientalists” and the “Orientalized Oriental”: The East is a power discourse that embodies the cultural hegemony of the Western world. Oriental Studies fully confirms the necessity of intercultural studies of comparative literature. Said emphasizes the importance of classical texts in the field of culture and proposes that the East is fully capable of expressing himself. This provides a new perspective for comparative literature research.