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Abstract
Henry David Thoreau is one of the important figures in American transcendentalism. Walden is one of his most famous works. In the recent years, Thoreau’s research has been flowering in China. The scholars make a meticulous study of Thoreau and Walden from the perspective of the Chinese classical culture, ecological criticism and so on. The present paper roundly deals with the critical reception of Thoreau and Walden in China. Firstly, the paper explores the introduction and translation of the American writer and his works in China. Secondly, the paper examines the reception of Walden in China from 1949 to 2000, in which the research on Walden experienced ups and downs. Finally, the paper probes into the reception of Walden in China in the new century, in which the research on Walden is more and more heated in the new stage in China.
Keywords: Walden; Thoreau; reception; reasons; studies
Contents
Abstract
摘要
1.Introduction.1
2.Literature Review1
3.Seminal Period: before 1949.3
4. Developing Period: 1949-2000.6
5. Flowering Period: 2000- the present.9
6. Conclusion.12
Works Cited.14