The role played by Italian literature in the renewal of the Chinese literary canon was certainly limited, compared to that played by other Western literatures. However Italian authors and their works were not completely absent in the cultural Chinese arena at the beginning of the 20th century.
Through a critical analysis of some articles in the column “New literary and artistic tendencies in the post-WWI period” written by Mao Dun and published in the Fiction Monthly (Xiaoshuo yuebao), this paper aims to examine the new editorial policy that Mao Dun tried to impress on the periodical to spread and encourage the creation of a “New Literature”. In the paper some articles written by Mao Dun in 1922, dedicated to Italian literature after the First World War, will be analysed.
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