Dostoevsky studies in China from the perspective of big data analysis

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky is one of the classic Russian writers who has been well known by Chinese readers. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Dostoevsky came to China along with the dissemination of Russian literature, and his works participated in the process of the development of Chinese literature in a unique way. After more than a century of development, Dostoevsky studies in China have accumulated more than two thousand pieces of literature, which record the tireless interpretations and explorations of Chinese scholars into the thought and art of Dostoevsky’s works. With the help of data analysis and bibliometric methods, this paper will analyze the research and dissemination of Dostoevsky in China over the past one hundred years, and present a visualization of the trajectory of the development of Dostoevsky studies in China, the research hotspots, and the studies of the representative scholars, to outline the course and appearance, as well as characteristics and routines, of the development of Dostoevsky studies of in China.