A Study On The Publication Of "Literature Series" Of The World Book Company

The World Book Company is the third largest private book company of the Republic of China,only after The Commercial Press and Zhung Hwa book Company.During the 29 years of the operation of the book company,there are many literary books published,first published in popular literature,and then popular literature and new literature in the middle and later.Among them,the "literature series" published is a large scale,more variety and very arrest.Although the academia has a lot of relevant research results,however,the research results of the comprehensive system of "literature series" are scarce,and its basic features are not clear,and the research is very necessary.In this text,the main"literature series" published by the World Book Company is inspected and researched to understand its features.The main series is divided into opular literature series,children literature and art series,new literature or new literature and art series and other literature series,discussing and researching on the basis of this.This text argues that,like other private publishing institutions,the World Book Company takes economic and cultural benefits as its pursuit goal,for this purpose,popular literature becomes the flagship publication of the book in the company,which is fully reflected in the" Detective Series" as the representative of popular literature series.Such as The Sherlock Holmes Series,The Saints Series,Hawthorne Pocket Series,etc.At the same time,the World Book Company pays large attention to the publication of Children's Literature And Art Series,in order to lead the creation.The main part of the translation is The World Juvenile Library,,The Arab Story Series,the content is very wide;The creation is mainly about the Children's Lliterature and Art Series,highlighting the theme of childlike innocence.These"Children's Literature Series" promoted the development of children's literature and art in China,much more promoted the healthy growth of children.Compared with the popular literature series,the new books and art books published by the company are not inferior,such as,The Era of Literary and Artistic Series edited by Zheng Zhenduo,Wang Renshu and Kong Lingjing,especially the larger" drama series ".And such as The Romain Rolland Drama Series,The Russian The famous Opera Series,Noted Drama Series,Zhong Yi Drama Series,The Complete Works of Shakespeare Drama Series,these series continued and carry forward the May 4th new literary tradition and made important contributions to the 1940s' drama.In addition,the Book Company also published other literary books,such as The Red Book Series,Romanticism Series,Zola Novel Anthology and so on,reflecting the richness of the book publishing.All in all,as a private publishing institution,the World Book Company,with its financial resources,material resources,manpower vigorously supporting the publication of literary series,having managed to play its unique role in the history of modern Chinese literature.