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The compilation of this book follows the principle of "clear context, prominent focus, slightly new ideas, and suitable for teaching". The context is clear, and it is an overview of the literary process, literary genres and development clues according to historical periods. It strives to be clear in structure, substantial in content, and concise in citations. It does not seek to be comprehensive. The highlighted writers are listed as special sections, which are divided into two major paragraphs: one is life and creation, and the other is selecting a major work for analysis. The writing method of analyzing the work is to combine narrative and discussion. The discussion contains the main outline of the work and avoids empty arguments that are separated from the main text, so as to facilitate readers to understand the analyzed text. The novelty should be appropriate, consider the reader's acceptance, and strive to be fair. Unconclusive arguments should not be introduced, but the material should be new or the analysis should be new. Suitability for teaching should be the focus of attention, and efforts should be made to control the number of words to be sufficient for use. This textbook is intended for students with an intermediate level or above. It is designed to be used by self-learners. It is highly versatile and pays attention to the comprehensiveness of knowledge, so that students can have the necessary foundation when applying for postgraduate examinations in the future.

"Introduction to 20th Century World Literature Masterpieces" excerpts from Romain Rolland's "John Christophe", Heller's "The Peeper", Eliot's "The Waste Land", Rabindranath Tagore's "Gitanjali" and other works are introduced.

This book is a national-level planned textbook for ordinary colleges and universities, and is used as a textbook for undergraduate foreign literature courses and general education courses. It provides a general overview of the development process, literary genres and development clues of world literature according to historical periods. It is divided into two parts: European and American literature and Oriental literature. The highlighted writers are listed as special sections, both of which are divided into two paragraphs: one is life and creation, and the other is to select a major work for analysis. It also lists the introduction of the works of the major Nobel Prize-winning writers in recent years, a comparison table of names in Chinese and foreign languages, and a comparison table of works in Chinese and foreign languages. This book has a clear context, substantial content, highlighted key points, and is suitable for teaching. In addition to winning the "Third National Colleges and Universities Outstanding Teaching and Research Achievements Award" and being included in the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan National Planning Textbooks for General Higher Education", this book was also listed as a "Peking University Planning Textbook" in 2016. The third edition adds a new introduction, "World Literature: Polyphonic Discourse Practices"; updates the information on writers and works, and adjusts the interpretation and evaluation of writers and works in line with the development of the times; updates the introduction to the Nobel Prize in Literature and information on award-winning writers and works in the appendix.