CRITIQUE OF SUSAN BASSNETT'S "REFLECTIONS" CAO Sh unqing Remarks from the Editor BASSNETT Susan Reflections on Comparative Literature in the Twenty-First Century FOKKEMA Douwe Susan Bassnett's Unnecessary Struggle IBSCH Elrud Bassnett's Quixotian Fight: Reading Note on: Susan Bassnett, "Reflections on Comparative Literature in the Twenty-First Century." CAO Shunqing, WANG Lei Failed Prediction and Outdated Prescription SUN Jingyao & DUAN Jing Bassnett's struggle: With whom does she struggle? For what does she struggle? WANG Ning The Crisis of Comparative Literature and the Rise of World Literature WANG Xiangyuan The Focus of Comparative Literature in the World Has Shifted to China COMPARATIVE POETICS LIU Yan The Imagists' Misinterpretation of Classical Chinese Poetics D UAN Lian Yiqu: Implied Meaning and Its Conceptualization ——A Comparative Approach to Chinese Poetics from Chinese and Western Perspectives LITERATURE AND THE HISTORY OF THOUGHT DUAN Junhui A Study of American Critical Humanism: Irving Babbitt, Lionel Trilling and Edward Said XIANGLm Post-War American Intellectuals and Public Space: A Case Study of Lawrence Ferlinghetti ETHNIC LITERATURE GUO Rong Political Unconsciousness: Reading Yan Geling's The Ninth Widow LIU Yi Resistance, Absorption, Hybridity and Reconstruction: On Chinese-American Culture in Chinese-American Women Writers' Literary Texts In the Remains of Theory: Ethical Criticism in Contemporary Literary Studies TRANSLATION STUDIES REN Wen Deconstructing Liaison Interpreters' Invisibility HU Minxia On Building Expertise in Simultaneous Interpreting HUANG Wenjuan On the Significance of Extra-linguistic Preparation of Interpreting XIA Hao A Case Study on Rhetorical Vagueness in Press Conference Interpreting YANG Yuhong Working with Assumptions——the Dialogue Interpreter as Communication Facilitator in Medical Encounters EDITOR'SNOTES