Author(s)

Jingwen Su

Corresponding Author

Jingwen Su

Abstract

Eunice Tietjens, subeditor of Poetry, who has travelled the Middle East and the Far East. She was familiar with various Chinese culture, customs and lifestyles of Chinese people from all walks of life. The anthology Profiles From China paid attention to China’s image in the eyes of Western people during the period of early 20th century. During this period, westerners depicted some China’s images in their literary works, and the image of China is formulaic and stereotyped. When Eunice Tietjens first came to China, she learned about the Chinese nation through her contacts with people from all walks of life. The social collective imaginations in American society also exert influence on her literary works. This paper attempts to analyze the image of China created by the anthology Profiles From China under the novelty seeking of Western society from the perspective of Comparative Literature.

Keywords

China’s Image; Novelty Seeking; Social Collective Imagination