The Most Pleasant Dreams: Modern Writers with Studying Abroad Experience and Foreign Languages

The common, persistent and farreaching complex possessed by modern writers who once studied in foreign countries is their concern about foreign languages. All of these writers, who were highly proficient in one or more foreign languages, translated a lot of works of literature from foreign languages into Chinese, and wrote in foreign languages in order to familiarize China with the outside world and let the world know China. It is believed in this article that the great emphasis placed on foreign languages, and on the mastery and adept use of them reveals not only one's love and pursuit, but a higher level of realm treasured by such writers. The search for and final possession of such a realm contribute a lot to the success of this specific group of writers.