The College of Literature of Soochow University has developed gradually since Soochow University 1900 was founded. 1900, the American board of supervisors held its annual meeting in Shanghai and formulated the articles of association of the board of directors of Soochow University. Paragraph 3 of the Articles of Association stipulates that the Board of Directors shall establish Soochow University in Suzhou. This university includes three departments, one is literature, the other is theology and medicine. /kloc-in the spring of 0/927, the College of Arts and Sciences of Soochow University was renamed as the College of Arts and Sciences. The College of Literature has Chinese Department, Political Department, Economics Department, Social Department and History Department. From 65438 to 0930, Soochow University College of Arts and Sciences had three colleges and twelve departments. The College of Literature is one of them, which consists of six departments: Literature Department, Economics Department, Politics Department, Social Department, Education Department and Historical Geography Department. 1937 and 194 1 year, the Japanese invaded the campus twice, and teachers and students were forced to retreat to Zhejiang, Hunan, Sichuan and Shanghai to survive. Among them, in June1939 65438+February 17, the College of Arts and Sciences will adjust the courses of the Department of Literature, which will be divided into two groups: China Literature Department and Foreign Languages Department from next semester. 1942 1 closed in Shanghai at the request of the national government and moved to Qujiang to cooperate with Lingnan University. The liberal arts are sponsored by Lingnan University, and the liberal arts students enrolled by Soochow University are trained by Lingnan University. Starting from 10, the College of Liberal Arts enrolls students first. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/946, students (except the third and fourth grades) from Soochow University of Arts and Sciences who stayed in Shanghai moved back to Suzhou. Registration began on September 7, and 386 students from the College of Liberal Arts signed up. 65438-0947 According to the survey of the Ministry of Education of the Kuomintang, there are six departments in the College of Literature of Soochow University: Chinese Department, English Department, Political Department, Sociology Department, Education Department and Economics Department.

1950 Since the autumn, the Department of Literature and History of the College of Liberal Arts has been changed to the Department of Chinese Studies, and the Department of English and Politics has been closed. 1in August, 952, according to the adjustment plan of universities in East China, the departments of China Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics of private Soochow University were merged into Sunan College of Culture and Education, and Sunan Teachers College was reorganized and established, located at the original site of private Soochow University. /kloc-established in October. In the first year, there were seven departments, namely China Chinese Department, Education Department, Mathematics Department, Physics Department, Biology Department and Art Department (two groups of music and art). There are 10 specialties in China, which are Chinese, education, mathematics, physics and chemistry, biology, Russian, history, geography, music and art. There are 8 short training classes, which are Chinese, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography and Physical Education in China. June 65438+1October 65438+1October, the newly-built Sunan Normal College officially opened. In June 165438+ 10 of the same year, the Chinese Department was established. Approved by the Ministry of Education of the Central People's Government, Sunan Normal University was renamed Jiangsu Normal University. From 65438 to 0954, the major setting of Jiangsu Normal University changed as follows: six undergraduate departments, namely, Chinese Department, Mathematics Department, Physics Department, Chemistry Department, Biology Department and Chinese Painting Department of China. There are eight specialties, namely China Chinese, Russian, History, Physics, Chemistry, Fine Arts, Sports and Politics. 1September, 1955, Chinese Department and Physiology Department in China transferred to Nanjing Normal University to study mathematics and physics in the south, with 43 teachers and 33/kloc-0 students. 1958 The Chinese Department of China was transferred back to Jiangsu Normal University, and some junior high school graduates were recruited for Chinese, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry majors in China, with a study period of 6 years. The Chinese Department has 18 faculty members.

1June 25th, 982, approved by the State Council, the school was changed to a provincial comprehensive university. On August 28th, 1984, the school opened night university, and Chinese was one of the first six majors in the school. 1March, 995, the College of Literature was established. 1999 On September 29th, the College of Liberal Arts, the School of Social Sciences and the School of Politics and Management merged to form the School of Humanities of Suzhou University, and the College of Liberal Arts was renamed the Department of Humanities (Department of Journalism and Communication) of China. July, 2002 19 The Chinese Department of the College of Humanities (Department of Journalism and Communication) was revoked and renamed the College of Literature. In 2005, the School of Journalism and Communication of Suzhou University was established, and it implemented two brands and one team with the College of Literature. August 2006 15, the college moved to Dushu Lake Campus of Soochow University.

In 2009, on the basis of integrating the journalism and communication major of the School of Journalism and Communication, Suzhou University established the Phoenix Media College of Suzhou University in cooperation with Hong Kong Phoenix Satellite TV Group, and abolished the School of Journalism and Communication. The School of Literature and Journalism and Communication of Suzhou University was renamed the College of Literature of Suzhou University after the definition of journalism major and discipline.