THE IMAGE OF CHINA IN WESTERN CULTURE FROM THE 20TH CENTURY

Abstract

The article analyzes features of the change in the image of China in Western culture throughout the 20th century in literature. The author explores the work of American and European writers of the 20th century, in which Chinese reality is represented in one way or another. Analyzing individual works of European and American writers, the authors examine the specifics of the change in the view of representatives of Western culture on the image and culture of China through the prism of writer’s perception. Summing up the study, the authors conclude that the attitude of representatives of Western culture to the image of China over the course of the 20th century has changed from tensely wary and cautious to more open and recognizing China’s achievements in the field of culture. The task of the study is to analyze features of the image of China in Western culture with reference to literary works throughout the 20th century. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that such analysis of features of the change in the image of China in Western culture during the 20th century, using the example of the work of a number of American and European writers of the 20th century, is carried out for the first time.