Suzhou's Cultural Symbols in Overseas Cultural Communication:Centered on the Literatures Cited in Beautiful Su:A Social and Cultural History of Suzhou,China
Cultural symbols play a significant part in overseas cultural communication.Archetypal symbols are prominent identifiers with strong power of transmission.This paper,centered on the literatures cited in Stephen L.Koss's Beautiful Su:A Social and Cultural History of Suzhou,China,is intended to investigate the different spellings of Suzhou,Wu and Jiangnan in different periods of history,to introduce the transmission of Suzhou's most-renowned archetypal symbol of"terrestrial paradise"or"earthly heaven"in the English writing and reading public,to analyze the reasons for its popularity among the English world,and to further delve into the laws of transmission of the Chinese culture,including the Wu culture.
terrestrial paradisearchetypal cultural symbolSuzhouoverseas communicationBeautiful Su:A Social and Cultural History of Suzhou,China
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