Author(s)

Pan Xu, Xiaotong Wang

Corresponding Author

Pan Xu

Abstract

As a theorist and poet in the 20th century, William Empson came to China to teach English literature in the 1930s, and he was also influenced by traditional Chinese culture when he played an important role in the development of Chinese poetry theories. This paper is based on Northrop Frye’s archetype criticism, and analyzes the Chinese elements in the poem “China” from the perspective of comparative literature, in order to enable more readers to discover the charm and value of Chinese culture through the literary works of Empson, an international cultural exchange emissary, so that the cultural confidence of Chinese people under the vision of macro-construction of “The Belt and Road” in the new period can be better contributed.

Keywords

Chinese Culture; Archetype Criticism; “The Belt and Road”; Cultural Confidence