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Overseas Students and the Transformation of Late Qing Literature

Jiang Ronggang

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In the modernization process of Chinese society, international students have played a key role. This is a consensus among academic circles. Therefore, this group has been the focus of academic attention and research for hundreds of years. Historiography has achieved fruitful results and has received widespread attention from society. Although some research works have appeared in literature, they are mainly concentrated in modern times, that is, before and after the May 4th Movement. As for the more critical overseas students in the late Qing Dynasty, due to insufficient excavation of historical materials, no in-depth research monographs have been published. At the same time, some current sporadic studies have a very broad and vague definition of international students, so that non-strict foreign students such as those who go abroad for inspection and travel are also included, causing the research to lose its scientific and rigorous nature. Therefore, the current research is not enough to answer these key questions, namely: How many foreign students participated in the literary reform activities in the late Qing Dynasty, what were their main contributions, and what were the characteristics of their creations? Etc. This book first defines the research object (the literary group of overseas students in the late Qing Dynasty) as those who have school experience abroad and are engaged in literary activities during and after studying abroad. Then, it identifies this literary group and its literary activities through combing through a large number of historical materials. Then, on this basis, it conducts a comprehensive and realistic research and evaluation of their role in the transformation process of late Qing literature. The content of the discussion mainly involves the reception and influence of foreign literature by foreign students in the late Qing Dynasty, foreign students and the transformation of literary theory in the late Qing Dynasty, foreign students and the rise of translated literature in the late Qing Dynasty, foreign students and the innovation of poetry and literature in the late Qing Dynasty, foreign students and the reform of novels and operas in the late Qing Dynasty, the interaction between foreign students and local writers, and the shift of the focus of literature in the late Qing Dynasty. It can be said that this book generally clarifies the literary activities and role of foreign students in the late Qing Dynasty. It is the most in-depth research work on this topic so far.