T'ien Hsia Monthly: Literature Communication Between China And The West During 1935-1941

T'ien Hsia Monthly is the most important English cultural periodical run by Chinese intellectuals in the first half of 20th Century. With the theories and approaches of comparative literature, Chinese literature, translation studies and culture propagation, this dissertation has first made a comprehensive and thorough research on T'ien Hsia Monthly's literature interpretation practice made by Chinese and western scholars and intellectuals. From the perspective of literature communication history, the dissertation fully shows the cultural communication views and standpoint hold by Chinese and Western scholars, the interrelation and communication between Chinese and Western academic and cultural circles. During this interactive process,different views and understanding on Chinese literature is expressed.The dissertation consists of five chapters, forward and conclusion. Based on enormous full and accurate historical data, the first chapter traces and reveals T'ien Hsia Monthly's establishment and development process, its editorial aim, the features of editorial members and writers group, as well as to clarify quite a few former misunderstandings on it. From the second to fifth chapter, the dissertation makes a detailed discussion on interpretation practice and literature studies made by T'ien Hsia Monthly in the field of Chinese classics, poetry, drama, prose, stories and modern literature. Through translating and introducing Chinese literature to the West, T'ien Hsia Monthly not only makes a better understanding of westerns on Chinese literature, but also promotes the communication between Chinese and western scholars.The dissertation makes the conclusion that T'ien Hsia Monthly is an English cultural periodical edited by Chinese intellectuals, with the clear aim to interpret China to the West and bring about a better cultural understanding. Though published by the auspices of the Sun Yat-sen Institute for the Advancement of Culture and Education, T'ien Hsia Monthly insists its impartial position and fair-mindedness. The literature translation and interpretation practice made by Chinese intellectuals in editing T'ien Hsia Monthly therefore fundamentally changes the'hegemony'situation since the Sinology period. T'ien Hsia Monthly realizes academic and cultural interchange between East and West through the establishment of an international cultural public space in the mainland of China in the first half of 20th century.