The Influence Of American Literature On Chinese May Fourth New Literature

In the May-Fourth period, China not only had been rushingly impacted by the westcountries in political economy but also was experiencing the influences of the westerninvasion in ideology, culture and literature. Political turmoil and unsettled times gaveMay-Fourth literature new features, which was totally different from Chinese traditionalliterary. In the process of destroying the old and establishing the new, May-Fourthliterature inevitably communicated and collided with alien culture and literature.At the time of studying the relations between American literature and Chinese newliterary, the rise of the United States clima For the U.S. climax in the late Qing Dynastygot into the research field of vision, which we should take seriously. many May-Fourthliterature revolution pioneers，like Hu Shi, Wen Yiduo, who had studied in Europe andAmerica, their literary ideas and concepts are inevitably influenced by American literaryand ideology. This kind of influence has left a distinctive mark in their specific literaryrevolution and practical literary creationAt the end of the nineteenth Century American literature had learned a large numberof rich nutrition from European culture and literature,. Though the insistence and hardworking of those American writers such as Whitman, Emerson, Mark, Twain, EdgarAllan Poe, American literature had been separated from the European literary bound, andhas created their own independent innovation against the traditional charm. If theanti-traditional spirit is compatible with the independent innovation anti-traditionalcharacteristics of the May fourth literary pioneers in exploring the literary salvation way?The Living literary history and literary phenomenon make us firmly believe that theUnited States of American literature has had a profound effect on Chinese May fourthnew literature. This paper will mainly unfold and reveal the impact of the United Statesliterature on Chinese New Literature to explore the American literature influence factorsin the formation and development process of Chinese May fourth new literature.The first part briefly states the literature background of the influence that Americanliterature produces on May-Fourth literature in China.The second part particularly discusses the medium matter of American literature toMay-Fourth modern literature’ influences in China. In this part, we chiefly discuss twomatters: one is about the translated works from American literature; the other is about themovement of Chinese students’ leaving for America.The third Part analyzes and states the concrete influence on May-Fourth modernliterature that was produced from American literature. In this part, we’ll expatiate thisthesis from three ways: American pragmatism and Vernacular movement, Americanmodern poetry and Chinese May-Fourth modern poetry and American dramas andChinese May-Fourth dramas.