Historical circumstances aside, the fundamental reason why the western culture and literary thinking can have impact on the Burmese literature lies in the needs and receiptiveness of the Burmese literature itself.
西方文化与缅甸文学的关系并不是简单的影响与接受的单向线性关系,文化过滤的事实说明二者是处在一种对话性关系之中。