Comparative Literature in China (CLC) is a leading academic quarterly journal in the field of comparative literature and world literature in Mainland China. CLC, founded in 1984, is the official publication of Chinese Comparative Literature Association (CCLA), jointly sponsored by CCLA and Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, intended for scholars in comparative literature and related fields and general readers interested in literature.
CLC, committed to translingual, transcultural, transnational and transdisciplinary comparative theoretical and methodological approaches, embraces intersectional analyses concerning Sino-foreign literary theories, movements, schools, writers and works. It covers interdisciplinary studies on Sino-foreign literary relations, literary translation, literary art, and the development of comparative literature as a discipline, etc.. The journal aims to foster academic exchanges and dialogues between Chinese and foreign comparative literature, exploring comparative literature studies with distinct Chinese characteristics, and timely exhibiting academic frontiers and latest developments in comparative literature both in China and other countries.
CLC is indexed in the CSSCI (Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index), is listed as a National Core Journal in Chinese, and is recognized as a Core Journal in Humanities and Social Sciences in China. Its official website is clc.shisu.edu.cn, and the official WeChat account is“中国比较文学杂志” (Comparative Literature in China). Readers are warmly encouraged to follow.
The journal is printed in a standard 16-mo format, with 18 printed sheets per issue, totaling 288 pages including the table of contents. It is published quarterly, with each issue released on the 25th day of the first month of each quarter.
CLC does not charge any fees for review or publication. Please refer to the “Submission Guidelines” section on the journal’s website for detailed instructions on how to submit manuscripts.