Chung Wai Literary Quarterly Explained

Chung Wai Literary Quarterly
Editor:Hung-chiung Li
Editor Title:Editor-in-chief
Frequency:Quarterly
Company:National Taiwan University, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Country:Republic of China
Language:Chinese
Issn:0303-0849

Chung Wai Literary Quarterly is a quarterly Taiwanese peer-reviewed scholarly journal publishing new and established poetries, fiction, academic journals, reviews, translations and non-fiction articles/essays, related to Western literature.[1] Originally founded as a monthly literary magazine by and Chu Limin in 1972 and named Chung Wai Literary Monthly, the journal aims to encourage and promote critical and emerging approaches to non-local literatures and connect literature with other academic disciplines.[2] It was widely regarded as a pioneering journal on comparative studies between Chinese and foreign literatures and had received numerous awards, including award from the National Central Library.[3] The magnum opus of Taiwanese writer Wang Wen-hsing, Family Catastrophe, was also first published in Chung Wai.[4] In 2007, the journal renamed and restructured as a quarterly and in 2019, the journal was recognized as a Grade I academic journal by the National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Liu . C-H. . 2000 . 《中外文學》的本土轉向 . Chung Wai Literary Monthly . 28 . 8 . zh.
  2. Web site: Chung Wai Literary Quarterly: About Us . Chung Wai Literary Quarterly . 6 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Chung Wai Literary Quarterly has been awarded. . 30 March 2022 . National Taiwan University, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures . 6 October 2022.
  4. Wang . Wen-hsing . 1972 . Family Catastrophe . Chung Wai Literary Monthly . 1 . 6.
  5. Web site: 臺灣人文及社會科學期刊評比暨核心期刊收錄 . . 6 October 2022 . zh.