Journal of Literary Writing and Evaluation

JLWE, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2025, pp.375-384.

Print ISSN: 3078-8129; Online ISSN: 3104-5073

Journal homepage: https://www.lwejournal.com

DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/JLWE.25.2.19

External Elements Integrated into the Core: A Review of Lu Zhouju’s A Study of American Influences in China’s New Literature (1911-1949)  

Liu Min

Abstract: A Study of American Influences in China’s New Literature (1911-1949) edited by Professor Lü Zhouju, offers a systematic investigation into the multi-dimensional and deep-seated effects of American intellectual and cultural trends on Chinese New Literature. Since the 20th century, American literature, as a strong cultural force, has deeply participated in the construction and transformation of modern Chinese literature. From the enlightenment of democratic consciousness, the advocacy of individual freedom, and the methodology of experimentalism to the renewal of concepts and the innovation of techniques in specific genres such as fiction, drama, poetry, and prose, American factors played a crucial role as both the “Other” and a “catalyst”. Particularly in the realm of modern fiction, American influence profoundly reshaped creative concepts, narrative techniques, and aesthetic styles, becoming an indispensable perspective for understanding the modernization process of Chinese literature.

Keywords: Modern Chinese Literature; American Influence; Cross-cultural Impact; Modern Fiction; Subjectivity; Localization

Author Biography: Liu Min, undergraduate at school of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou University, reasearch interest: American literature. Email: axxi1115@163.com

题目：他山之石与主体熔铸——评吕周聚《中国新文学中的美国因素研究（1911-1949）》

摘要：吕周聚教授主编的《中国新文学中的美国因素研究（1911-1949）》一书，系统考察了美国思想文化对中国新文学产生的多维度、深层次影响。20世纪以来，美国文学作为一股强劲的文化力量深度参与了现代中国文学的建构与变革。从民主意识启蒙、个性自由张扬、实验主义方法论，到小说、戏剧、诗歌、散文等具体文类的观念更新与技巧革新，美国因素在其中扮演了关键的“他者”与催化剂角色。尤其在中国的现代小说领域，美国因素深刻重塑了中国的文学创作者们的创作观念、叙事技法与美学风格，是理解中国新文学现代化进程不可或缺的视角。

关键词：中国新文学；美国因素；跨文化影响；现代小说；主体性；本土化

作者简介：刘 敏，广州大学外国语学院硕士研究生，研究方向：美国文学。电邮：axxi1115@163.com

    Received: 2 Aug 2025 / Revised: 1 Nov 2025 / Accepted: 21 Nov 2025 / Published online: 30 Nov 2025 / Print published: 30 Dec 2025.