英文摘要
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The Late-Qing Four Major Periodicals are ”XinXiaoShuo,” ”XiuXiangXiaoShuo,” ”The All-StoryMonthly,” and ”XiaoShuoLin.” The contexts utilized in the advertisement throughout the pages are long being overlooked by scholars. The advertisements, however, are a great source of reflecting the time in various aspects possible. This article thus attempts to uncover the inner meaning of which a specific culture belongs and possesses as well as to analyze the subtle correlation between the cultural background and the societal environments. We find that, whether commercial or non-commercial advertising, through the exploration of ”The Late-Qing Four Major Periodicals,” a prevailing societal spirit will be unveiled in the association for the patriotism deeply ingrained in that special era, together with the strategies in operating the art of advertisement viewed as the invisible driving force for the promotion of such writing genre.
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