台港及海外华文文学研究中心

汕头大学文学院台港及海外华文文学研究中心成立于1984年2月。研究中心主要从事台湾文学、香港文学、澳门文学及海外华文文学的研究，以海外华文文学为研究重点。研究中心自成立以来，共承担科研课题8项，其中国家级2项，省级4项，校级2项。在海内外报刊上发表学术论文100多篇，出版学术专著3部、编选作品集3部、论文集1部，参与编写辞典3部。1999年8月出版的四卷本、共计200万字的《海外华文文学史》，是迄今为止收集及评述范围最为广泛、完整，规模最大的“海外华文文学”研究专著。该书属于填补空白之作，出版后在学术界产生了广泛影响。同行专家评价该书是"海外华文文学学科的奠基工程"，有的则将其誉为“海外华文文学新学科建立的标志”。《海外华文文学史》的出版，使汕头大学的海外华文文学研究在国内处于领先地位。

研究中心除从事台港澳及海外华文文学的研究外，还于1985年创办《华文文学》期刊，这是中国内地首份专门发表台港澳及海外华文文学作品与评论的刊物。《华文文学》创刊以来，在海外华文文学界产生了广泛影响。

Research Center for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao and Overseas Chinese Literature

The Research Center for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao and Overseas Chinese Literature of the College of Liberal Arts, Shantou University, was founded in February 1984. The Center is devoted to the study of Taiwan literature, Hong Kong literature, Macao literature and overseas Chinese literature, with overseas Chinese literature as its primary research focus. Since its establishment, the Center has undertaken 8 research projects, including 2 at the national level, 4 at the provincial level and 2 at the university level. It has published over 100 academic papers in journals and newspapers at home and abroad, produced 3 academic monographs, 3 edited collections of literary works and 1 collection of scholarly essays, and contributed to the compilation of 3 dictionaries. In August 1999, the Center published A History of Overseas Chinese Literature, a four-volume work of approximately two million Chinese characters that remains the most comprehensive, complete and extensive research monograph on overseas Chinese literature to date. As a pioneering work that fills a long-standing gap in the field, the book has exerted a far-reaching influence in academic circles. Peer scholars have hailed it as “a foundational project for the discipline of overseas Chinese literature,” while others have lauded it as “a milestone marking the establishment of overseas Chinese literature as a new academic discipline.” The publication of A History of Overseas Chinese Literature has placed Shantou University's research on overseas Chinese literature at the forefront of the field in China.

In addition to its research on Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese literature, the Center founded the journal Chinese Literature in 1985 — the first publication on the Chinese mainland devoted exclusively to publishing literary works and criticism from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese communities. Since its inception, the journal has exerted broad influence in the field of overseas Chinese literature.