Examining The Motivation Behind Literary Phenomenon

From the perspective of the relationship between Chinese and foreign literature, this paper tries to see what happened when How the Steel is Refined was introduced into China, and tries to reveal the influence of historical and cultural context, mass cultural psyche, folk elements and business operation, etc. on the receiving subject.On the basis of the analysis, the author of this paper attempts to show that as far as a literary phenomenon caused by a foreign literary text is concerned, multicultural study is more valuable than the study of the text only.Chapter one gives a brief introduction of the historical and cultural background of How the Steel is Refined. On this basis, we can make such an evaluation: although with no high literary value, this novel has a strong vigor because of some elements and has a deep influence.Chapter two examines the translation and introduction of How the Steel is Refined in the 30s before the establishment of the People's Republic of China. It focuses on the need of such a work in the similar social context as that of the former Soviet Union and in the direction of the same ideology.Chapter three shows the bad treatment of this work from the breakdown of Sino-Soviet Union relationship to the end of the "Cultural Revolution". In the specific historical context, this chapter sums up both the public and potent reception of this work, and shows the power of its influence.Chapter four gives a description and analysis of the second high interest in this work after the "Cultural Revolution". Further on, this chapter examines the development of this novel in China and examines the literary phenomenon caused by the work.Chapter five is a summary and extension of the whole paper. It turns to the communication of Chinese and foreign literature, in which all kinds of elements together caused the literary and cultural phenomenon and the exploration of which will be helpful for creating a new situation for the study of the relationship of Chinese and foreign literature.