Selected Works of Latin American Literature

Author: Wang Yuanhua
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Publish Date: 1998-10-01
Features: Compiling a series of original literary anthologies for countries or regions with universal languages was a bold proposal put forward by the renowned scholar of foreign literature, the late Professor Wang Zuoliang of Beijing Foreign Studies University, several years ago. This plan originated in 1993. Under the commission of the National Education Commission's Professional Foreign Language Teaching Advisory Committee, the Institute of Foreign Literature at Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Department of English at BFSU organized two consecutive series of lectures on British and American literature teaching in 1993, attracting dozens of universities and nearly 100 teachers who taught British and American literature, to jointly discuss how to teach the literary works of relevant countries to students in China's foreign language majors. As the discussion deepened, a prominent issue was brought to the forefront for the teachers: despite being a culturally rich nation, we had no original literary anthology textbooks suitable for students in China's universities. Professor Wang Zuoliang immediately asked the teachers at BFSU and the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press to take on this important responsibility, saying, "Compiling and publishing such a series of original foreign literary anthologies is a meritorious and beneficial undertaking." After years of preparation, this series of original foreign literary anthologies has finally been published. Organized jointly by the Research Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, this series of original literary anthologies was created to meet the needs of foreign language majors in universities for original foreign literary reading textbooks. The compilation work was carried out by several teachers from BFSU and other key universities who had long been engaged in teaching foreign literature in universities. They all have experience of studying abroad in the countries of their respective languages, and many of them have obtained doctorates in foreign literature abroad. This series of foreign literary anthologies includes eleven countries and regions, such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Arab world, Latin America, Japan, and South Korea. Each anthology covers the entire process of literature in each country or region, from the early stages of literary development to 2........