21세기 미국의 중국문학 연구 동향

Abstract

This essay is a research on the studies of Chinese literature in the U.S.A of 21st century. Generally speaking, we can find some study trends as follows; first, interdisciplinary approach, second, various approaches on the period, third, considering in the cultural context, fourth, interest in the questions of self-representation, conceptions of the self, and literary identity, fifth, development of women's literature, sixth, cross-cultural comparison and collaboration. Some studies show several tendencies are mixed in the various types. For example, Martin Huang's Negotiating Masculinities in Late Imperial China shows the trends of considering in the cultural context, development of women's literature and interest in the conceptions of the self. Judith T. Zeitlin's The Phantom Heroine: Ghosts and Gender in Seventeenth-Century Chinese Literature shows us the trends of interdisciplinary approach, interest in the 17th century and women's study. Qian Ma's Feminist Utopian Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Chinese and English Fiction: A Cross-Cultural Comparison shows us the trends of cross-cultural comparison, interest in the 18th century and women's study. Studies of Chinese Literature in the U.S.A of 21st century shows us brilliant accomplishment. This accomplishment is supported by basic conditions such as translations, book reviews and article reviews.