Research on the Influence Factors of Western Modern Literature on

College Students' Education Based on Multiple Linear Regression

Analysis

Fusun Zhang

Faculty of Arts, Nantong University, Nantong, 22600, China

Keywords: Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, Literature Education, Impact Factor Analysis.

Abstract: This article takes western modern literature as the starting point, explores the development overview of west-

ern modern literature and its significance to college students, and takes the frequency, quantity, reading pur-

pose, reading focus, etc. Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to understand the current situation

of contemporary college students' reading of Western modern literature, and to analyze the influencing factors

behind the survey results. It is found that content attractiveness and interest attractiveness have a significant

positive impact on the frequency and willingness of college students to read Western literary works, respec-

tively.

1 INTRODUCTION

Since the reform and opening up, Western culture has

continuously entered our country and has had an im-

pact on the education of college students in our coun-

try, both positive and negative. (Wang 2014) In the

context of internationalization and globalization, it is

impossible to completely avoid contact with Western

culture and not be influenced by Western culture.

Therefore, we must face up to the impact of western

culture on the education of college students in our

country, absorb the reasonable resources of western

culture, and help college students in our country es-

tablish the values of correct treatment of western cul-

ture. (Nie 2012)

2 THE EDUCATIONAL

SIGNIFICANCE OF MODERN

WESTERN LITERATURE TO

COLLEGE STUDENTS

Modern Western literature is not a single genre, it is

a general term for many genres that oppose traditional

literature, and it is a literary reflection of the spiritual

crisis of Western society. (Bai 2000)

2.1 Influencing the Value Orientation

of College Students

Modern Western literature advocates irrationalism

and denies the objective world and its laws. On the

whole, irrationalism is a philosophy that fully embod-

ies the spiritual crisis, but at the same time, irration-

alism studies "people" and promotes people subjec-

tivity, has a certain positive significance. At the same

time, irrationalism exaggerates the limitations and de-

fects of reason, and it completely denies the ability of

reason to know the world. In essence, irrationalism

sees the world as a disordered, even absurd world,

with more emphasis on inner experience and intui-

tion. After studying modern Westernism, I can feel

that its ideas have a great influence on people, and

even go against many objective laws of the moment.

As a college student, we must learn the irrational

ideas born in the predicament. , and then inspire one-

self to face life positively and maintain the correct

value orientation. The world can be absurd, or it can

be a world full of sunshine and hope. (Feng 1994)

2.2 Shaping the Humanistic Spirit of

College Students

The connotation of humanistic spirit is very rich, and

it mainly emphasizes enhancing people's subject con-

sciousness, cultivating independent thinking ability,

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Research on the Inﬂuence Factors of Western Modern Literature on College Students’ Education Based on Multiple Linear Regression Analysis.

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and developing a high sense of social responsibility.

Modern Western literature, on the other hand, empha-

sizes self-expression, rather than describing the sur-

rounding environment and world, but more on ex-

pressing people's subjective world, especially peo-

ple's inner activities, mood swings, associations, and

fantasies. From the point of view of modern Western

writers, in the already chaotic capitalist society,

things are all over, and people are gradually losing

themselves. And the creation of these writers fully

embodies what is called "searching for oneself". By

studying modern Western literature, we can more

clearly understand the importance of the self, how

much the surrounding environment and the world

have an impact on people, and can continue to en-

courage the self to move forward bravely on the long

road, and then gradually cultivate the self and the so-

ciety. With a high sense of responsibility and the abil-

ity to form their own independent thinking, they can

face the world more bravely. For college students,

they should focus on shaping their own humanistic

spirit, develop the ability to think independently, and

face difficulties in study and life with a smile, without

losing themselves or being dominated by the environ-

ment. (Zhu 2007)

3 THE CURRENT SITUATION OF

COLLEGE STUDENTS'

READING OF WESTERN

MODERN LITERARY WORKS

By taking Soochow University as the scope of inves-

tigation, a total of 1,000 questionnaires were distrib-

uted, of which 958 were returned effectively.

Through investigation and analysis, the current situa-

tion of contemporary college students' reading of

Western modern literary works is as follows:

Figure 1. Students interviewed learn about modern Western

literatur (Self-drawn)

First, most of the students have heard of or learned

about modern Western literary works. As the picture

shows (fig 1), 318 students chose "very familiar", 453

students chose "somewhat understanding", and 187

students chose "no know it well". The above situation

shows that nearly half of the students have some un-

derstanding of modern Western literary works, nearly

one-third of the students have a good understanding

of modern Western literary works, and less than 20%

of the students are not very familiar with modern

Western literary works.

Figure 2. Students interviewed read a map of the number of

modern Works of Western literature per semester (Self-

drawn)

Second, more than half of the students almost

never read contemporary Western literature. As the

picture shows (fig 2), In terms of "the number of mod-

ern Western literary works read per semester", 514

people chose "0", 388 chose "1-3", 53 chose "3-5",

and 3 "5 and above" is selected. About 40.5% of the

students read "1-3 books" per semester on average,

and only 3 students maintain high-frequency reading,

which is a very low proportion. The above phenome-

non reflects that college students are far from reading

modern Western literary works, and most students

rarely read such books.

Third, as shown in the figure (fig 3), in terms of

“whether to pay more attention to the background of

the work or the style of the work when reading mod-

ern Western literary works”, about 27.7% of the stu-

dents paid more attention to the background of the

work when choosing to read modern Western literary

works, and 43.1% % of students pay more attention

to the style of the work when choosing to read modern

Western literature, 2 6.5% of students pay attention to

both the background and style of the work when

choosing to read modern Western literature, and only

2.7% of students choose to read modern Western lit-

erature. don't pay attention. The above situation

shows that more than half of the students are more

inclined to pay attention to the style of the works

when they choose to read modern Western literary

works, and only a very small number of students pay

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less attention to anything. The number of students

who choose to pay more attention to the background

of modern Western literary works and the simultane-

ous attention The number of people in the background

and style of the work is almost the same.

Figure 3. When reading Western modern literature, more attention is paid to understanding the content of the works (Self-

drawn)

Fourth, as shown in the figure (fig 4), in terms of

"when reading modern Western literature, they are

more inclined to choose the content they are inter-

ested in or the content you think is helpful for learn-

ing", 68% of the students chose "whether it is useful

or not". , as long as you are interested in the option,

32% of the students chose the option "regardless of

interest, as long as it is helpful to study". This shows

that most students prefer to choose Western modern

literature readings based on their own interests, while

only 32% of students really care about whether the

works have improved themselves.

Figure 4. About what is more inclined to choose when reading modern Western literature (Self-drawn)

4 MULTIPLE LINEAR

REGRESSION ANALYSIS

This paper uses multiple regression analysis method

to determine the relationship between two or more

variables.

Table 1. Regression Analysis of the Frequency of College Students' Reading of Western Literary Works (Self-drawn)

Regression coefficients 95% CI VIF

constant

0.319**

(

2.792

)

0.095 ~ 0.543 -

Content appeal

0.679**

(

7.792

)

0.508 ~ 0.850 4.360

Attractiveness of interest

-0.022

(-0.135)

-0.350 ~ 0.305 4.360

sam

le size 958

2 0.728

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Adjustment

2 0.722

value

(

2,96

)

=128.384,

=0.000

Dependent variable: How often college students read Western literary works

D-W value：0.333

* p<0.05 ** p<0.01 The t value in parentheses

It can be seen from the above table (table 1) that

the content attraction and interest attraction are used

as independent variables, and the frequency of col-

lege students reading Western literary works is used

as a dependent variable for linear regression analysis.

As can be seen from the above table, the model for-

mula is: the frequency of college students reading

Western literary works =0.319 + 0.679*content at-

traction-0.022*interest attraction, the R-square value

of the model is 0.728, which means that content at-

traction and interest attraction can explain 72.8% of

the change in the frequency of college students read-

ing Western literary works. When the F-test was car-

ried out on the model, it was found that the model

passed the F-test (F=128.384, p=0.000<0.05), which

means that at least one of the content attraction and

interest attraction will have an impact on the fre-

quency of college students reading Western literary

works. The regression coefficient value of attractive-

ness is 0.679 (t=7.792, p=0.000<0.01), which means

that content attractiveness has a significant positive

impact on the frequency of college students reading

Western literary works. The regression coefficient of

interest attraction is -0.022 (t=-0.135, p=0.893>0.05),

which means that interest attraction does not have an

impact on the frequency of college students reading

Western literary works. The summary analysis shows

that content attraction has a significant positive im-

pact on the frequency of college students reading

Western literary works. However, interest attraction

does not have an impact on the frequency of college

students reading Western literary works.

Table 2. Regression analysis on the willingness of college students to read western literary works (Self-drawn)

ression coefficients 95% CI VIF

constant

0.467**

(

5.340

)

0.295 ~ 0.638 -

Content appeal

0.050

(

0.757

)

-0.080 ~ 0.181 4.360

Attractiveness of interest

0.464**

(

3.634

)

0.214 ~ 0.714 4.360

sample size 958

2 0.458

Adjustment

2 0.447

valu

(

2,96

)

=40.559,

=0.000

Dependent variable: willingness of college students to read western literary works

D-W value：0.166

It can be seen from the above table (table 2) that

the content attraction and interest attraction are used

as independent variables, and the willingness of col-

lege students to read Western literary works is used

as the dependent variable for linear regression analy-

sis. As can be seen from the above table, the model

formula is: College students read Western literary

works Willingness = 0.467 + 0.050*content attraction

+ 0.464*interest attraction, the R-square value of the

model is 0.458, which means that content attraction

and interest attraction can explain 45.8% of the

change in the willingness of college students to read

Western literary works. When the F-test was carried

out on the model, it was found that the model passed

the F-test (F=40.559, p=0.000<0.05), which means

that at least one of the content attraction and interest

attraction will have an impact on the willingness of

college students to read Western literary works. The

regression coefficient value of content attractiveness

is 0.050 (t=0.757, p=0.451>0.05), which means that

content attractiveness does not affect the willingness

of college students to read Western literary works.

The regression coefficient value of interest attraction

is 0.464 (t=3.634, p=0.000<0.01), which means that

interest attraction has a significant positive impact on

the willingness of college students to read Western

literature. The summary analysis shows that interest

attraction has a significant positive impact on the

willingness of college students to read Western liter-

ary works. However, content attractiveness does not

affect the willingness of college students to read

Western literary works.

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5 CONCLUSION

This paper studies the current situation of college stu-

dents reading Western literary works. Through re-

gression analysis, it is found that content attraction

and interest attraction have a significant positive im-

pact on the frequency and willingness of college stu-

dents to read Western literary works, respectively.

Content attraction and interest attraction It is an im-

portant factor in the frequency and willingness of col-

lege students to read Western literary works. There-

fore, in order to give full play to the influence of

Western literary works in the education of college

students, we should pay more attention to the intro-

duction of works that are suitable for college students

to be more interested in. In the selection of Western

literary works, we should also pay more attention to

the selection of content, in order to use Western liter-

ary works. The influence of healthy education guid-

ance for college students. (Chen 2007)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In the process of writing this paper, I would like to

thank my university for giving me the opportunity to

study. At the same time, I would like to express my

deepest gratitude to the supervisors who reviewed this

paper.

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