The dissertation discusses Lin Yutang's proses, including his Chinese productions without English writings and translated works and excluding book comments and criticism. We go back to view Lin Yutang's thought origin and how he used those thoughts to influence his view of life and his literary opinions.Through this thesis we can discuss Lin Yutang's proses in any aspects. It describes the uniqueness and importance of his proses; rearranges his proses in different stages. furthermore, it finds out the influence of his proses at the present time and his firm position in the academic world.
