Study on the Image of China in Travel Literature From the Perspective of Post Colonialism-Through Maugham’s 《on the Chinese screen》 and Akutagawa Ryunosuke’s 《travel to China》

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10.2991/assehr.k.211020.120How to use a DOI?

Keywords

《on the Chinese screen》, Maugham, 《travels to China》, Chinese image, Akutagawa Ryunosuke

Abstract

Maugham, a British writer, loves to travel. He traveled in China from 1919 to 1920 for nearly four months. He wrote “on the Chinese screen” to record what he saw, heard and felt in China, and describe the image of China in the hearts of foreigners. This paper analyzes the image of Chinese people and China in Maugham’s works from the perspective of comparative literature, whether out of their own background as Westerners, resulting in ideas and misunderstandings. Akutagawa Ryunosuke, a Japanese writer, once traveled in China and wrote his travels to China. In the novel, he recorded many scenes of China’s dilapidation, so as to depict the image of China in the hearts of foreigners and give a great impact to the literary world at home and abroad. With the change of the times, this paper analyzes whether Akutagawa Ryunosuke’s travels to China will have a more objective conclusion from the perspective of comparative literature. The travel notes contains these records and subjective thoughts, from the travel notes, you can get a lot of different information. Since they traveled to China and wrote their travel notes within a year of each other, what they saw and what they got was about the hardest time in China. From these points, we can explore the mystery and objectively judge the scene at that time.

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