Vol. 2024 No. 2 (2024)
Articles

The evolution of Confucian thought in American literature

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  • James Anderson,
  • Christopher Harris
James Anderson
University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
Christopher Harris
University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD, United Kingdom

Published 29-07-2024

Keywords

  • American Literature,
  • Confucian Thought,
  • Literary Figures,
  • Integration

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Abstract

Confucian thought has shaped the history and culture of China, being the most important ideological system in the historical process of China, and has also influenced the literature and social development of the United States. Through the acceptance and development of Confucian thought by American literary figures such as Franklin, Emerson, and Pound, American literature has gradually integrated with Confucian thought, laying an important ideological foundation for the culture, morality, and philosophy of modern American society.

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