Exploration of Ideas and Methods in the Study of the History of Sino-German Literary Exchange

TAN Yuan

doi:10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236305

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TAN Yuan. Exploration of Ideas and Methods in the Study of the History of Sino-German Literary Exchange[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2023, 6(3): 98-112. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236305

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TAN Yuan. Exploration of Ideas and Methods in the Study of the History of Sino-German Literary Exchange[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2023, 6(3): 98-112. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236305

TAN Yuan. Exploration of Ideas and Methods in the Study of the History of Sino-German Literary Exchange[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2023, 6(3): 98-112. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236305

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Exploration of Ideas and Methods in the Study of the History of Sino-German Literary Exchange

doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236305

TAN Yuan^,

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Received Date: 2023-05-18
Accepted Date: 2023-07-25

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The systematic academic study of Sino-German literary exchanges, especially the acceptance of Chinese culture by German-speaking writers, began in the 1920s. Initially, the leading role was played by a group of German Sinologists, who mainly took stock of the Chinese elements in German-language literary works. Since the 1970s, a large number of East Asian scholars have traveled to Germany to pursue their doctoral degrees, which has led to a great development in the study of the image of China in German-language literature by drawing on the methods and theories of comparative literature and other disciplines. And Chinese scholars in particular have made in-depth excavations of the relationship between important German-language writers and Chinese culture. In the past two decades, Chinese scholars have focused on the national strategy of “cultural outreach” and “telling the Chinese story and spreading the Chinese voice,” and have made multi-perspective and multi-level attempts in the field of Sino-German literary relations and cultural translation studies. The research has covered a wide range of fields, from the translation of Chinese texts to the influence of Chinese culture on Germany, from the Western transmission of Chinese stories to the change of Chinese image in the German-speaking world, and the results have been very fruitful. In addition, from the perspective of “exchange and mutual appreciation between Chinese and foreign civilizations,” researchers have also conducted in-depth studies on the spread of German literature in China. This article summarizes the recent research on the history of Sino-German literary exchange and offers some new reflections on the research on the history of Sino-German literary exchange in the new era. The paper points out that in terms of research methods, the study of Sino-German literary exchange must pay attention to all aspects from the discovery of historical materials, the comparison of multilingual translations to the restoration of the “knowledge field.” In terms of theory, it must pay attention to the “spiritual resources” behind the history of literary exchange. In terms of working attitude, it must insist on developing new fields of research on the history of literary exchange. Only in this way can researchers make more new breakthroughs on the basis of their predecessors and push the study of Sino-German literary relations forward.
- Sino-German literary relations,
- history of Sino-German literary exchanges,
- research overview,
- research methods

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