The Influence Of Woolf's Poetics On Modern And Contemporary Chinese Literature

This paper aims to explore the influence of Woolf poetics on modern and contemporary Chinese literature. With the help of comparative literature, the feminist literary criticism and receptive theory,the paper probes into the influence of Woolf's poetics on modern and contemporary Chinese literature. It discusses the influences through case studies of the qualitative approach. By the research, the paper concludes that Woolf's poetics has really exerted great influence on Chinese Literature.The paper is divided into seven parts. Part 1, as an introduction to the whole thesis, introduces Woolf's poetics and the problem to be solved as well as the significance of this paper. Part 2 concentrates on the studies abroad and at home of Virginia Woolf and her poetics. Part 3 introduces the theoretical framework and the research methodology. Part 4 discusses the influences of Virginia Woolf's feminist theory on modern and contemporary Chinese female literature. Part 5 analyzes the influence of Woolf's stream of consciousness theory on Chinese literature, based on the comparative studies of Woolf's works and some Chinese writers'works, especially Wang Meng's. Part 6 especially studies how Woolf's androgynous theory influences modern and contemporary Chinese literature's criticism. Part 7, as a conclusion, makes a summary of the whole thesis and explains the limitation of the research.In short, this paper provides a new way of thinking on the research of Woolf's works, theories and their dissemination in different cultures. The author hopes that it will help to penetrate the internal relationship between Woolf's poetics and Chinese literature.