| European-Amercian Study of Modern Chinese Literature has been formed since the 1950s, h through several decades of the process, in spite of experiencing the thought of the times change, the trend of history conversion, academic thinking of the ups and downs , by the transition from the Cold War to post-Cold War period, the pursuit of the modern prevalence of post-modernism, but at different times, different circumstances and the era of ideological environment, the European Study of Modern Chinese Literature has been maintained and constantly open up, constantly updated, to actively create the dynamic momentum. Over the past several decades, academic scholars of different positions in their own way of thinking, values and academic personality, developed profound literary history thought and literary history described. New theoretical viewpoints, and the unique academic ideas, broaden the research realm, and these have made European-Amercian Study of Modern Chinese Literature has complex dimensions. From the emphasis on "pure literature" of the non-historical connotations, and inheriting the tradition of the Anglo-American humanism the mainstream of Anglo-American cultural dimension to the concept of Marxist literature and art to the revolutionary historical practice of a revolutionary focus on the left wing orientation; from the centre of the traditional concept of Europe, to the post-colonial thought, and "China-centered" theory demands; from Taiwan as the background, and abide by Western values, with the neo-conservative color literary history, to the mainland as the background, in the post-modern culture in the context of, and fully displayed their own ideas on the characteristics of dimensions. These different dimensions of their respective academic full development of a complete system of the exposition, a history of each other on the basis of mutual accusations, and the dismantling of each other "public clamour sound" as a dialogue situation, common constitute a broad dimensions of the discourse space. In this discourse space, the various dimensions of the academic perspective of mutual contention, wonderful dialogue, and created a huge full of ideas and academic "tension" field. It is this pattern of study rich in connotation of the "dimensions and tension"become a most notable characteristics of European-Amercian Study of Modern Chinese Literature. It makes these scholars and their spiritual world is full of academic pattern of organic elastic, allowing them to study in an ideological and theoretical comparison abundance of spirit inherent in the environment started to exercise and more awareness of the issue and sharp analytical capacity , to create a broader pattern of substantial research and exploration of ideas.European Study of Modern Chinese Literature in the development process has gone through several important stage. In recent years, European-American modern literature study has been translated into the mainland, as the impact of wave after wave, deeply changed the inherent structure of the mainland academics. Many European and American scholars' theory were familiar to the mainland scholars, such as Xia Zhiqing' theory, Li Oufan' threoy of the modernity of Chinese literature, Wang Dewei's "Late Qing Dynasty modernity" exposition and Liuhe's "Translation by the modernity" and so on, these theories have become the focus of attention of the academic community, and at different levels, continued to cause reverberations. At the same time, the study of Europe-Amercian Study of Modern Chinese Literature in the mainland is still lacking, this paper hopes to make up for the current academic aspects of a vacancy, to outline the clues of Europe -Amercian academic development, truly understand and grasp its core values and academic spirit.Besides introduction this paper is divided into six chapters, respectively study on the course of the development and evolution of European-American Study of Modern Chinese Literature,and the ideology .literary ideas and academic achievements of important scholars.The first chapter deals with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Study of Modern Chinese Literature. Scholars in the Soviet Union and Eastern European were leaded by socialist ideology , showing a strong left-wing ideological characteristics. They Stressed that the "scientific" and "objective" look at the historical perspective of modern Chinese literature. The outstanding scholars as Prusek and Galik have their own independent viewpoints. Their study of modern Chinese literature were significant contributions in the creation and development of the discipline.The second chapter deals with the process of the rise and the evolution of the West (Western Europe and North America) academic study of modern Chinese literature. Western academic has gone through several important stages of development. In 1960-70 the Western academic circle have a trend on the study of a writer. In 1980-90 the"theory fever" become the Characteristics of Western academic circle. The scholars actively absorb the popular methods of literary criticism in the humanities areas,and making research showing a more complex range of dimensions.Chapterâ…¢is focused on the two pioneering scholars in the West - Xia Ji-an and Xia zhiqing. In the study the brothers shows their distinct academic personality. Xia Ji-an focus on the cultural and literary of left wing. Xia Zhiqing in the famous "History of Modern Chinese Fiction" created a unique description of the literature history.Chapterâ…£deals with the academic research of Chinese-American scholar Li ou-fan. Li ou-fan have multiple cultural identity and rich research results. However, in his study of modern Chinese literature, he has always been committed to the pursuit of modernity of Chinese literature. Modernity,is the center discourse of Li ou-fan's modern Chinese literature study.Chapter 5 deals with the academic research of Chinese-American scholar Wang Dewei. In the post-modern cultural context, Wang developed and deepened the main vein of north America's modern Chinese Literature study which is created by Xia zhiqing. His theory "Late Qing Dynasty modern"through the study of the literature of late Qing Dynasty show the the multiple possible of modernity, and reflect the modern problems of modern Chinese literature.Chapter 6 deals with the modern Chinese poetry study of overseas scholars. The overseas scholars represented by Ye weilian deep into the field of Chinese culture through poetics thinking,persuit the inherent charm of Chinese Language and Culture.European-American Study of Modern Chinese Literature had fruitful achievements. This paper focus on the basic thread and the main dimensions Of the west academic development,in order to show the inherent "tension" of the thinking and theory. |